ɹˈɛdʒɪnəld klˈɔːd spɹˈɪɡ wʌz bˈɔːɹn wˈʌn mˈɑːɹtʃ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪntiːn ˌɔn sˈaʊθ ɔːstɹˈeɪliəz jˈɔːɹk pənˈɪnsjʊlə wˌɛɹ hɪz fˈæmɪli wɜː lˈɪvɪŋ ɪnðə smˈɔːl tˈaʊn ʌv stˈænzbɛɹi.
Reginald Claude Sprigg was born 1 March 1919 on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula where his family were living in the small town of Stansbury.