SPROULE W.St G.

Given Names:  Walter St George

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Unit:  60th Battalion                                                                                                        

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant (Honorary Lieutenant)                                                                    

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Age:  38 Yrs  5 Mths

Occupation:  Barrister at Law                                                                                          

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  9 In                     

Weight:  176 Lbs

Chest:  39-40 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  16/10/1916

Place: 

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Georgie Elizabeth Sproule

1 Barry Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                            

Embarkation Date:  16/7/1917

Port:  Sydney  

Ship:  HMAT Port Sydney A15

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Soudan  

Embarked:  12/5/1919                               

Disembarked: 

Unit:  58th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Honorary Captain

Discharge Date:  29/7/1919                       

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  67515

Victory Medal:  64955

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  11/2/1879

Place:  Ballarat, Victoria                           

Father:  James SPROULE                        

Mother:  Mary Brodie SMITH

MARRIAGE

Year:              

Place:             

Spouse: Georgie Elizabeth McKAY

DEATH

Date or Year: 19/3/1968                          

Place: Malvern, Victoria                           

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

France 13/12/1917 - 14/1/1919; in 6/5/1918 was attached to 58th Battalion.  He remained in France until the end of the war.

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

University of Melbourne

Kew RSL

Kew High School

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

1st marriage (1908) to Jeanette FIELCHENFIELD who died 1913 at Kew.  They had a son, James Edward StGeorge b. 1908 (WW2 RAAF)