Identity
Person No.
6784
Service No.
221552
Last Name
First Name
Reginald Victor Sprules
Initials
R V S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
47
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Died of hypertension and acute pulmonary edema
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
Transvaal Scottish, formed 1902 after the Second Anglo-Boer War. Active Citizen Force infantry regiment through WWI, WWII (2nd/3rd Bns raised 1936/1939) and the Border War. Renamed Solomon Mahlangu Regiment 2019. Needs further research to break out exact era boundaries/role changes (e.g. 1953 and 1997 battalion amalgamations) as sources are found.
Notes
Son of George King and Emma Kate Etheredge; husband of Harriet Etheredge, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Served in 1914-1918 war. His brother died in service in WW1
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