George Edward SPARKS

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SPARKS, George Edward

Service Numbers:	S34315, SX14307
Enlisted:	14 March 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/9th Armoured Regiment
Born:	Edwardstown, South Australia, 6 January 1914
Home Town:	Black Forest, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Camden Park, Adelaide, South Australia, 18 July 1984, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
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World War 2 Service

14 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S34315
2 Sep 1941:	Involvement Private, SX14307
2 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
2 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX14307, 2nd/9th Armoured Regiment
2 Jan 1946:	Discharged
2 Jan 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX14307, 2nd/9th Armoured Regiment

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Elder of two brothers (George and Leonard) who served in WWII, Private George Edward Sparks (Service Nos:S34315/SX14307) enlisted in the ACMF on 14 March 1941, and transferred to the AIF on 2 September 1941. Trooper Sparks - graded Cook - served with 2/9 Armoured Regiment, and was Discharged on 2 January 1946.

George was born in Edwardstown, South Australia in 1914, second of six children of George Frederick Sparks (b1886 in London, England) and Dorothy Maud Neale (b1889 in Hackney, London, England). George Snr worked as a Paper Boy and then Wood Machinist in London, where he and Dorothy married 1910, immigrating that year to Melbourne on board the Salamis. George Snr and Dorothy settled in Adelaide, and in 1915 George Snr enlisted in the AIF (Private; Service No:1814). Following his Discharge from the Army in 1919, George Snr and Dorothy settled in Adelaide, where they raised their family and George Snr worked as a Wood Machinist.

George worked as a Clerk for the SA Brewery, and in 1941 enlisted in the Army and married Verna Marjorie Werrey (b1915 in Melbourne, Victoria). Following his Discharge from the Army, George and Verna settled in Adelaide, where they raised their family and George was a Clerk. Verna died in 1976 and George died in 1984.

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