Identity
Person No.
6785
Service No.
6739
Last Name
First Name
Wilfred George Sprules
Initials
W G S
Date of Birth
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5
Notes
Son of George King and Emma Kate Etheredge, of "Sea Spray" Beach Road, Durban. Born Durban. A mounted policeman. His brother died in service in WW2
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5". Photograph: South African War Graves Project. Date of birth recorded by the South African War Graves Project.
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