Edward John SPARKES

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Service Number:	SX4050
Enlisted:	31 May 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 18 November 1917
Home Town:	Morphettville, Marion, South Australia
Schooling:	Adelaide High School
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 8 December 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea B5. E. 16.
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of West Torrens WW2 Boulevard of Honour

31 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX4050, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1940:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, SMS Mauretania - for the Middle East
7 Jun 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX4050, 27th Infantry Battalion, Syria - Operation Exporter
8 Dec 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX4050, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua

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Edward John SPARKES was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 18th November, 1917

His parents were Edward Charles SPARKES and Florence Lillian NEALE who married in England in 1912 (registered in Hackney)

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His father Edward Charles SPARKES (SN 2828) served during WW1 and died of Illness on 22nd February, 1919