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.
ɹˈɛdʒɪnəld klˈɔːd spɹˈɪɡ wʌz bˈɔːɹn wˈʌn mˈɑːɹtʃ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪntiːn ˌɔn sˈaʊθ ɔːstɹˈeɪliəz jˈɔːɹk pənˈɪnsjʊlə wˌɛɹ hɪz fˈæmɪli wɜː lˈɪvɪŋ ɪnðə smˈɔːl tˈaʊn ʌv stˈænzbɛɹi.