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Robert SPROULL

Regimental number4534
Place of birthShawlands Eastwood Parish, County
SchoolShawlands Academy
Age on arrival in Australia21
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressLeongatha, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinFather, Andrew Sprouill, 51 Prince Edward Street, StrathbogiceScotland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date8 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll6 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Malwa on 21 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 21 September 1917
Place of death or woundingMenin Road, Ypres Belgium
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialMenin Road South Military (Plot II, Row K, Grave No. 5), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
103
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Andrew and Margaret SPROULL, 275 Crow Road, Partick, Glasgow, Scotland. Native of Pollockshaws, Newlands, Glasgow, Scotland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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