"Too far away thy grave to see, but not too far to think of thee"
SPARGO, Edwin Bennett
SPARKES, Aubrey FrankService no 3349
Private 12th Battalion Killed in action in Belgium on 2 November 1917 Aged 23 years www.awm.gov.au P00957.001 |
In particular on the night of 8th, 9th Oct. 1918 when charged with the delivery of urgent Barrage Orders to Artillery Groups, he set out on the ESTREES - BELLICOURT Road which was packed with traffic subject to shell fire and an attack by enemy Bombing Machines.
Although injured and severely shaken through having collided with a bolting Ammunition Wagon, he succeeded in delivering his Despatches without delay. His great physical effort, courage and devotion to duty on this occasion was one of the many that transpired during the advance to the River SELLE."
Recommended by JM Grant, Major, Officer Commanding 2nd Aust Div Signal Company
Signed Charles Rosenthal, Major General, Commanding Second Australian Division and promulgated in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No 113 dated 6th October 1919.
In September 1918 the Australian 2nd Division took Mont Saint Quentin by storm in one of the finest feats of fighting of the war. It fought on to the Hindenburg Line and beyond, becoming the last division to be withdrawn.
Reg returned to Australia on the "Ypiringa" leaving the UK on 15 May 1919 and arriving on the 5th July 1919. He was discharged medically unfit on the 19th of September.
The Australian War Memorial's World War II records also show him as having served as V366751 Pte Reginald Sparkman in the 4th Battalion (8th Brigade, 2nd Div, III Corps) from 30 April 1942 to 21st August 1944. After training, service was primarily in WA until late 1943 when the Battalion moved to North Queensland before being posted to New Guinea.
Courtesy of Linton Reynolds
Although injured and severely shaken through having collided with a bolting Ammunition Wagon, he succeeded in delivering his Despatches without delay. His great physical effort, courage and devotion to duty on this occasion was one of the many that transpired during the advance to the River SELLE."
Recommended by JM Grant, Major, Officer Commanding 2nd Aust Div Signal Company
Signed Charles Rosenthal, Major General, Commanding Second Australian Division and promulgated in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No 113 dated 6th October 1919.
In September 1918 the Australian 2nd Division took Mont Saint Quentin by storm in one of the finest feats of fighting of the war. It fought on to the Hindenburg Line and beyond, becoming the last division to be withdrawn.
Reg returned to Australia on the "Ypiringa" leaving the UK on 15 May 1919 and arriving on the 5th July 1919. He was discharged medically unfit on the 19th of September.
The Australian War Memorial's World War II records also show him as having served as V366751 Pte Reginald Sparkman in the 4th Battalion (8th Brigade, 2nd Div, III Corps) from 30 April 1942 to 21st August 1944. After training, service was primarily in WA until late 1943 when the Battalion moved to North Queensland before being posted to New Guinea.
Courtesy of Linton Reynolds
SPORLE, Thomas Henry
Service no 1338
Gunner 16th Battalion, 5th Division TMB Born Bendigo, Victoria Mother: Margaret SPORLE Thorpe St, California Gully, Bendigo, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting Miner Enlisted 28 November 1914 at Oaklands, SA Embarkation 2 February 1915 Served in Gallipoli, Egypt & France Returned to Australia 29 January 1919 Discharged 30 March 1919 SLSA B 46130/59 http://images.slsa.sa.gov.au/mpcimg/46250/B46130.htm |