Brian George SPARKMAN

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Service Number:	438404
Enlisted:	8 October 1943
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 14 September 1925
Home Town:	Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Newcastle Bight off Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia, 7 November 1944, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 438404
8 Oct 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 438404

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Beaufighter aircraft A19-4 from Number 5 Operational Training Unit crashed into the ocean at Newcastle Bight off Port Stephens in NSW - killed were:

Sergeant Brian George Sparkman 438404 - body not recovered, commemorated on Panel 6 of the Sydney Memorial to the Missing

Warrant Officer Francis Edward Smallhorn 408882 and Sergeant William Lawrence Mather 443344 - buried in Newcastle (Sandgate) War Cemetery

Son of Sydney SPARKMAN, 19 Kean Street, Caulfield, Vic.

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