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SPARKES, Edward John
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | SX4050, https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=6663337 |
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Enlisted: | 31 May 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Adelaide, SA, 18 November 1917 |
Home Town: | Morphettville, Marion, South Australia |
Schooling: | Adelaide High School |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
31 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX4050, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion | |
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20 Oct 1940: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=6663337, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, SMS Mauretania - for the Middle East | |
7 Jun 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX4050, 27th Infantry Battalion, Syria - Operation Exporter | |
8 Dec 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX4050, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua |
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