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William Aaron Sproul

In memory of:

Private William Aaron Sproul

April 9, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

808424

Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)

Division:

10th Bn.

Citation(s):

Not eligible for 1914-1915 Star.

Additional Information


Born:

April 22, 1895

Born in Peola, Kansas, U.S.A. on 22 April 1895. Son of Dryden A. and Mary E. S. Sproul, of High River, Alberta. Enlisted at High River, Alberta 3 February 1916.

Commemorated on Page 330 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

QUATRE-VENTS MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. B. 9.

Location:

Les Quatre-Vents is a hamlet about 2 kilometres south-east of Estree-Cauchy, a village and commune 16 kilometres north-west of Arras on the old Roman road to Therouanne. This road is now part of the main road from Arras through Therouanne to Boulogne.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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