Clifton James SPARGO

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Service Number:	487
Enlisted:	29 September 1914, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	9th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	East Brunswick, Victoria, 1892
Home Town:	Boolarra, Latrobe, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Illness (Malaria), Damascus, Syria, 15 October 1918
Cemetery:	Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Grave Location: D. 57., Plot D/Grave 57., Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Damascus, Syria
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boolarra Memorial Park and Gates, Nerrena State School 3395 Roll of Honour

29 Sep 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 487, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, (NAA, Pg's-1, 4)
29 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 487, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 487, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 487, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 487, 9th Light Horse Regiment, (NAA, Pg-4)
23 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Light Horse Regiment, (NAA, Pg-4)
10 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 487, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 487 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Machine Gun Squadron awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1918-10-15 (NAA, Pg's-4, 6) Promoted Rank (from this date): 10/04/1917, Driver; Unit (from this date): 23/07/1916, 9th Light Horse Regiment.
10 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 9th Light Horse Regiment, (NAA, Pg-4)

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Son of William Benjamin SPARGO, & Eliza (nee WILLAMS) SPARGO, of Boolarra, Central Gippsland Region, Victoria.