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JOHN FREDERICK SPRAKE

Died : 21 Aug 1915

Rank : Private

Service no at death: 911

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Surname:	SPRAKE
Forename:	JOHN FREDERICK
Initials:	J F
Date of Birth	1875
Place of Birth	Wimborne St Giles
Place of Birth Source	1911 Census
Address	Knowle Hill, Witchampton, Wimborne, Dorset
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Employment / trade	Farm Worker
Place of work	Knowle Hill Farm
Family (parents and grandparents)	Parents: Thomas Bradford & Rosa Helen Sprake of Parkstone Road, Poole
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Regiment at call-up	Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)
Regiment at discharge
Rank at call-up	Private
Service no at call-up	911
Date of attestation	-
Date of call-up	-
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Age at death	40
Date of death	21 Aug 1915
Regiment at death	Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)
Battalion at death
Rank at death	Private
Circumstances of death	Theatre of War (3) Egypt Kill in Action
Service no at death	911
Field of action at death	Gallipoli
Place of death	Balkan Theatre

Location of grave	Helles Memorial
Position
Other memorials	Plaque within Wimborne St Giles Church and Woodlands, Church of the Ascension
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