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SPARKS, Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1861 |
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| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Maylands, Adelaide, South Australia, 22 September 1889 |
| Home Town: | St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Norwood Primary School Honour Board, St Peters Heroes War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
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| 19 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1861, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1861, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Involvement 1861, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1861 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-04-11 |
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