SPARKES, Ernest Arthur
| Service Number: | 7549 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 February 1917, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bellingar River, New South Wales, Australia, 16 February 1898 |
| Home Town: | Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Newcastle South Public School |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 7 February 1943, aged 44 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Old Section Family Shrub Garden F, #026 |
| Memorials: | Sydney Commonwealth Bank of Australia Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7549, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 7549, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 7549, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Son of Frances and William Godfrey SPARKES, 55 Robert Street, Newtown, New South Wales
Wounded at Somme 8 August 1918 and invalided to De Walden Court V.A.D. Hospital, Eastbourne, Sussex. Recovered and returned to his unit until the signing of the Armistice. Returned to Australia and was discharged as medically unfit 29 March 1919.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Sparkes, of Robert-street, Newtown, have received news that their son, Lance-Corporal Ernest Arthur Sparkes, has been severely wounded in France, and has been admitted to the Eastbourne Military Hospital. Beforo leaving for the front Lance-Corporal Sparkes was employed as clerk in the Barrack-street branch of the Government Savings Bank.
Husband of Eva May SPARKES nee ROSS
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