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Harry SPARK

Regimental number4290
Place of birthNorth Melbourne, Victoria
SchoolCollingwood State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPrinter
Address91 Langridge Street, Collingwood, Vic,
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs F Spark, 81 Langridge Street, Collingwood, Victoria
Previous military serviceHarry Spark served in the 63rd Senior Cadets and afterwards as a Sargent in the 63rd Infantry Regiment
Enlistment date17 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 19 December 1916
Place of death or woundingGuedecourt, near Bapaume, France
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialGuards' Cemetery (Special Memorial No. 54), Lesboeufs, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
51
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Frances SPARK, 147 Langridge Street, Collingwood, Victoria. Native of Melbourne
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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