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In Loving Memory
OF
OUR DEAR SONS
WALTER (?) FRANK
SPROSTON
BORN 1890 DIED 1892
LEONARD BORN 1894
BURIED AT SEA APRIL 27TH 1915
OUR SOLDIER SON 1ST AIF
GALLIPOLI |
"Private Leonard George Sproston attained the age of 21 on !st January of this year. He was a market gardener at Clayton prior to joining the forces, when he became attached to B Co. 7th Battalion. Mr. Sproston was a member of the choir of the Clayton Presbyterian Church, and was very popular among his friends in that town, being particularly well remembered as a singer and humorous entertainer at local musical functions. His favorite [sic] sport was tennis. His parents reside at 3 Filson-street, Ascot Vale"
Melbourne Age newspaper in May of 1915.Further information on the Sproston family can be found at::
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sprostonfamily/
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TOURISM NEWS
Qantas In Flight Magazine chooses
White Hat
Cemetery Tour as its featured Australian tour for May
There are many fine historical tours
throughout Australia including cemetery tours. From these, the
prestigious Qantas In Flight Magazine has chosen the White Hat Tour
of Melbourne Cemetery as its featured Australian tour for the May
2007 edition. This tour was also featured by ABC radio on 24 May and
will feature in a documentary series on Burke and Wills to be shown
on European television in 2008. The tour has been operating for many years and has won
praise from a wide range of sources. This is not a dry and stuffy
tour but in keeping with all White Hat offerings it is Informed,
Intelligent, Independent (and occasionally) Irreverent. You can find
details of the tour at White
Hat Tour of Melbourne Cemetery and view the article at
Qantas In Flight Magazine. |
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