Patrick John SPARKES

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Service Number:	NX24341
Enlisted:	30 May 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 11 March 1910
Home Town:	Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Died:	Died Of Wounds, Lae, New Guinea, 7 September 1943, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery Cemetery/memorial reference: C. C. 7.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

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3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX24341, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
30 May 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX24341, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
30 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX24341, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
11 Apr 1941:	Involvement Private, NX24341, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk
10 Jul 1942:	Involvement Private, NX24341, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein
7 Sep 1943:	Involvement Private, NX24341, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns

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