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SPARROW, Reginald Gordon Benjamin

Service Number:	4522
Enlisted:	18 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Company Sergeant Major
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gumeracha, South Australia, 27 September 1896
Home Town:	Lockleys, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 14 February 1990, aged 93 years
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:	Morphett Vale Old Reynella School Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4522, 27th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia
25 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4522, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4522, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Adelaide
9 Aug 1918:	Wounded "The Last Hundred Days", GSW (left leg)
24 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 4522, 27th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Wounded 4522, 27th Infantry Battalion

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