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SPARKS, George Frederick
| Service Number: | 1814 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 December 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bethnal Green, London, England, April 1886 |
| Home Town: | Edwardstown, Marion, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wood Machinist |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 28 April 1965, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Edwardstown District WW1 Roll of Honor, Marion District Roll of Honour WW1 |
World War 2 Service
| 31 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1814, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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World War 1 Service
| 1 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1814, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
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| 1 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1814, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide | |
| 6 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1814, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Dec 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1814, 10th Infantry Battalion, embarked England for Port Adelaide on board HT Saxon | |
| 16 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1814, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Eldest of five brothers (George, John, Edward, Sidney and Harry) who served in WWI or WWII, Private George Frederick Sparks (Service No:1814) enlisted in the AIF on 31 December 1914, and was attached to 10th Infantry Battalion on 1 April 1915 when he embarked with his Unit from Adelaide for Gallipoli Peninsula on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln. Private Sparks was hospitalised in Malta before serving on the Western Front with 10th Infantry Battalion. WiA at Ypres, France on 6 October 1917, Private Sparks was evacuated to 1 Southern General Hospital in Birmingham, England with GSW to his back (severe). On 11 December 1918 Private Sparks embarked from England for Port Adelaide on board HT Saxon, and was attached to 10th Infantry Battalion at Discharge on 16 January 1919. Younger brother John Leonard (Private; Regimental No:8875) was KiA in Turkey serving with the South Lancashire Regiment.
George was born in London, England in 1886, third of nine children of George Sparks (b1861 in Bethnal Green, London, England) and Emily Ashford (b1863 in Bethnal Green, London, England). George Snr (a Riveter) and Emily (a Domestic Servant) married in 1883 in Bethnal Green, where they settled and raised their family and George Snr worked as a Bootmaker. In 1913 George Snr and Emily immigrated with four of their children, arriving in Port Adelaide on board the Ballarat. The family settled in Adelaide, where George Snr was a Bootmaker.
George started work in Hackney as a Paper Boy, and was a Wood Machinist in 1910 when he married Dorothy Maud Neale (b1889 in Hackney, London, England). George and Dorothy immigrated that year, arriving in Melbourne on board the Salamis and moving to South Australia, where they settled in Edwardstown. George was working as a Wood Machinist in 1914 when he enlisted in the Army, and following his Discharge, he and Dorothy settled in Adelaide, where they raised their family and George worked as a Wood Machinist. Dorothy died in 1957 and George died in 1965.
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