Walter SPRATT

Regimental number10/854
Date of birth11 January 1894
Place of birthAwapuni, Bay of Islands
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPaperhanger
AddressTaumarunui
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.6
Height5' 10"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFather, J J Spratt, Onerahi, Whangarei
Previous military serviceServed in 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles), Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date25 August 1914
Place of enlistmentAwapuni
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankSergeant
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 18), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James Joseph and Alice Spratt, Onerahi, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 12 April 1915.

Promoted Sergeant, 3 May 1915.

Wounded in action, 8 May 1915 (shrapnel/gun shot wound, head), and admitted to HS 'Braemar Castle'; transferred to St George's Hospital, Malta, 18 May 1915 (gun shot wound: slight); attached on strength, NZ Base Depot, Alexandria, 21 June 1915.

Embarked Alexandria to rejoin Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 3 July 1915; rejoined Bn, Anzac Cove, 8 July 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, Moascar, 16 January 1916, concluded soldier 'now believed to be dead'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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