SPRIGGINS  H.E.

Given Names:  Henry Edgar

               

Service Number:  183

Unit:  Signal Company Engineers, 1st reinforcements                                                        

Rank:  Sapper 

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  23 Yrs  4 Mths

Occupation:  Telegraphist                                                                                               

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Methodist

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6¼ In                  

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  33½-36 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Medium

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  23/10/1914

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Henry Edwin Spriggins

53 Kent Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                            

Embarkation Date:  22/12/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Borda A30

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Died of disease

Ship:               

Embarked:      

Disembarked: 

Unit:  1st Divisional Signal Company                                                                                              

Rank:  Sapper

Discharge Date:                                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  25887

British War Medal:  5946

Victory Medal:  5922

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  2/6/1891

Place:  Belmont, Victoria                         

Father:  Henry Edwin SPRIGGINS            

Mother:  Alice PHILLIPS

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 21/11/1915                        

Place: 21st General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt                                                       

Burial:  Chatby War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Died of Enteric Fever contracted at Gallipoli

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 332075

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary