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Private Ernest Sproat

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Military service

Service number: 228139
Age: 34
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regt.)
Birth: July 8, 1887 Owen Sound, Ontario
Enlistment: April 4, 1916 Alberta
Death: October 3, 1921

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Son of James and Louise Sproat of Milk River, Alberta. On enlistment, he listed his civilian occupation as farmer and stated he was single. He was discharged as 'unfit for service' on 16 December 1918. His death was ruled attributable to military service.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 560 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CALGARY UNION CEMETERY Alberta, Canada

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