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Sapper EDWARD CHARLES SPARKES

Service Number: 2828
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Railway Corps

Operating Section Details

Date of Death

Died 22 February 1919

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

IV. I. 10.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of George and Emily Sparkes, of 310, Unley Rd., Unley, South Australia. Native of England.
  • Personal Inscription IN HIS SACRIFICE WAS OUR SHELTER
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Buried or commemorated at

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Surrey United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 7048
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