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MCSPARRON, Archibald Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 289 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Straid, Learmount, Londonderry, Ireland, 20 February 1890 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Educated at Londonderry |
| Occupation: | Railway Shunter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 5 August 1916, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Puchevillers British Cemetery, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 289, 18th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: Incorrectly recorded as Archibald Joseph McSparrow | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 289, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 27 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 289, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shot in the right elbow, evacuated to Mudros (on the Greek Island of Lemnos), then to a military hospital at Bethnal Green (England). His wound healed well and he returned to France via Alexandria in March 1916. |
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