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John Henry SPARK

Regimental number6615
Place of birthAllendale, Victoria
SchoolAllendale/Clunes State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBootmaker
Address22 Otter Street, Collingwood, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Spark, 22 Otter Street, Collingwood, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed for three years in Garrison Artillery.
Enlistment date10 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 4, Battery 11
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/32/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 11 June 1917
Place of death or woundingAlbert, France
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialDernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VI, Row F, Grave No. 4), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
13
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Emily SPARK, 22 Otter Street, Collingwood, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 25956 Gunner George Percival SPARK, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 31 October 1917.

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