Harold Charles SPARGO

Regimental number2889
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
SchoolMenzies State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClerk
AddressMenzies, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Charles Norman Spargo, Menzies PO, Menzies, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date17 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name44th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/61/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 29 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll44th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDate of death: 13th August 1918
FateDied of wounds 13 August 1918
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialTerlincthun British Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 24), Wimille, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
138
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Annie SPARGO, Shenton Street, Menzies, Western Australia. Native of Bendigo, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal