Wesley Neal Spragg

Lieutenant

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Son of Wesley and Annie Dearnley Spragg, of Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand.

References:

Martyn (2008)

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Wesley was the passenger aboard a Maurice Farman S11, which dived to the ground in Heliopolis (Cairo,) following the collapse of a wing, whilst flying overhead near the Aotea Convelescent Hospital. The British pilot, Lt. A C Upham was injured, but emigrated to NZ in 1920 and served with the RNZAF in WW2.

[ For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol 1, p. 46]

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Casualty

Name:

Wesley Neal Spragg

Rank:

Lieutenant

Date of Birth:

18 January 1894

Next of Kin:

Mr Wesley Spragg (father),

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Occupation on Enlistment:

Mechanical engineer

Unit:

Royal Flying Corps, Special Reserve School of Aerial Gunnery

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Air Accident

Date of Death:

01 January 1918

Day of Death:

Tuesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Royal Flying Corps

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Cairo War Memorial Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

O. 96.

Cemetery Location:

Egypt