SPRIGGINS H.E.
Given Names: Henry Edgar
Service Number: 183
Unit: Signal Company Engineers, 1st reinforcements
Rank: Sapper
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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
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Unit: 1st Divisional Signal Company
Rank: Sapper
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MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star: 25887
British War Medal: 5946
Victory Medal: 5922
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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