Alfred George SPRAGGS

Regimental number9/1976
OccupationBushman
Next of kinMother, Mrs E J Spraggs, Hawini, Waikato
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles, D Squadron
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unitNew Zealand Machine Gun Battalion
FateKilled in Action 7 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialMarcoing British Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No 4), nr Cambrai, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: J.W. and E.J. Spraggs, Te Awamutu
Family/military connectionsBrother: 13/853 Ernest Oliver SPRAGGS
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 12