Percy Alfred SPRITCH

SPRITCH, Percy Alfred

Service Numbers: 587, 1463
Enlisted: 15 July 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 11th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 14 July 1880
Home Town: Woodend, Macedon Ranges, Victoria
Schooling: Semaphore Collegiate School, South Australia
Occupation: Drover
Died: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 27 April 1949, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Trooper, 587, 6th South Australian Imperial Bushmen

World War 1 Service

15 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Brisbane, Queensland
27 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1463, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1463, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
17 Jan 1920: Discharged AIF WW1

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"SPRITCH.— The friends of the late Percy Alfred Spritch, late of 172 Egan street, Kalgoorlie, are respectfully informed that his re- mains will be interred in the Anglican portion of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. The Cortege will move from A. and J. Kyle's Private Chapel, Cassidy street, at 9.50 o'clock THIS (Thursday) MORNING...

SPRITCH.— R.S.L. Kalgoorlie Sub- Branch.— Members of the above are respectfully requested to attend the funeral of our late comrade, Percy Alfred Spritch, which will leave A. and J. Kyle's Private Chapel, Cassidy street, at 9.50 o'clock THIS (Thursday) MORNING.— J. V. Regan, Secretary." - from the Kalgoorlie Miner 28 Apr 1949 (nla.gov.au)

AIF record states that Percy Alfred Spritch served 18 months with Kitchener's Horse and 16 months with the IBC He enlisted in WW1 with 6th Reinforcements for 11LH AIF and later served in France with 13LH.

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