ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi tˈuː, spɹˈɪɡ mˈæɹid pɐtɹˈɪʃə dˈeɪ hˌuː hɐdbɪn bˈɔːɹn ɪn wˈɪltʃɚ, ˈɪŋɡlənd ænd ɹᵻloʊkˈeɪɾᵻd tʊ ˈædəlˌeɪd wɪð hɜː pˈɛɹənts ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti sˈɛvən.
In 1942, Sprigg married Patricia Day who had been born in Wiltshire, England and relocated to Adelaide with her parents in 1927.