William Allen SPARK

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Service Numbers:	476, 476A
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, 1893
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Victoria, Tunbridge Wells, England
Occupation:	Coach painter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 5 April 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

5 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 476, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
5 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 476, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney
5 Apr 1918:	Involvement Private, 476A, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 476A awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-05

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42nd Battalion, B Company, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

Births Sep 1893 Spark William Allen Tunbridge 2a 702

He was 24 and the son of Emily Spark, of 14, Edward St., Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells, England, and the late John F. Spark.

He is remembered on the Tunbridge Wells War Memorial and he is also recorded on the Rusthall War Memorial also in Kent.

Age on arrival in Australia 21

Enlistment date 2 November 1915

AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/59/1

Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 5 June 1916

Age at embarkation 22

War service: Western Front