Number Private 4534

Battalion 24th Battalion

Place of Birth Ringrivshire Scotland

Next of Kin His father, Mr. Andrew Sproull
c/o printer Edward St Glasgow

Date and place of enlistment Leongatha 6/8/1915

Religion Presbyterian

Occupation Farmer

Date and place of death He was killed in action on
21/9/1917 near Ypres Flanders Belgium

Location of grave or memorial

He was buried in the Menin Road Military Cemetery Ypres Belgium

Relationship to Woorayl Shire

He worked in the Koorooman East area

Military History

He is on the Koorooman East Honour Roll
6/8/15 He enlisted in Leongatha.
21/3/16 He embarked Melbourne on RMS Malva
22/9/16 He went to France from England
2/10/16 He was taken on strength in Belgium
20/11/16 He was sick in hospital with rheumatism in Rouen at The 12th General Hospital
19/12/16 He was discharged to the base depot
12/2/17 He rejoin battalion
18/4/17 He was in Rouen with influenza at the 11th Stationary Hospital
30/4/17 He was discharged to the base depot
11/5/17 He rejoined battalion
22/5/17 He was promoted to Lance Corporal
23/5/17 Promoted to Corporal
21/9/17 He was killed in action
Mr. Frank O�Loughlan P O Koorooman via Leongatha wrote on 11/9/17 and asked for the military address of R Sproull. He was forwarded the address
On July 15th 1917 he filled out a will form leaving his estate to his mother Mrs. Sproull of 27 Watt St S S Glasgow. The witnesses were Arthur Smith of Park Hill Lockhart farmer of NSW and James Littlefield of Rockdale Sydney NSW.
He was not moved to Hoog Crater Cemetery but is at Menin Road Cemetery
Bob Sprooll had a nephew named in his honour. That Bob Sproull served in the 2nd AIF. He was captured in Singapore and served the war in Changi Prison Singapore, the Burma Railway and again in Changi. At the time of writing he is still alive and living in Lang Lang.