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SPARKES, Alfred Herbert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | WX6532 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 July 1940, Claremont, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/6th Field Park Company |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia , 1 July 1913 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Illness - Beri Beri whilst Prisoner of War, Burma, 26 January 1944, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A16 H 7 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Victoria Park RSL Cenotaph |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sapper, WX6532 | |
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| 16 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX6532, 2nd/6th Field Park Company, Claremont, WA |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Alfred and Mavis SPARKES nee FOXON, of Perth, Western Australia; husband of Edith May Sparkes, of Victoria Park, Western Australia.
DUTY NOBLY DONE...EVER REMEMBERED
His parents migrated from England.
Married Edith May Cobb in 1939.
Survived by his wife, parents and sister Marion Sims.