Participant Info

Surname

Sparkes

First Name

Ernest

Initial

A

Service Number

7549

Rank

private

Unit Served

3rd Battalion, 25th Reinforcements, 1st Division

Service Record

France

Enlistment Date

1917

Enlistment Month

February 21

Embarkation Year

1917

Embarkation Month

October 31

Date of Death

Month of Death

Death Category

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, NSW section S, notes page 106, image page 107

Also Known As

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

Frances and Williams Sparkes

Parental Address

55 Robert Street, Camperdown

Parental City

Sydney

Parental State

NSW

Notes

"born at Bellinger River, February 16, 1898, educated Newcastle South Public School, clerk, enlisted February 21, 1917, embarked October 31, 1917. War service: France (Somme, wounded August 8, 1918), invalided to De Walden Court, (Voluntary Aid Hospital)