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SPARKS, Albert William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 412734 |
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Enlisted: | 20 July 1941 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | Aircrew Training Units |
Born: | Bondi, New South Wales, Australia, 26 June 1917 |
Home Town: | Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Ladysmith, New South Wales, Australia, 20 February 1942, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
South Head General Cemetery, Vaucluse, New South Wales Section O Grave 16 (GRM/2), South Head General Cemetery, South Head, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 412734 | |
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20 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 412734, Aircrew Training Units | |
20 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 412734, No. 2 Service Flying Training School Forest Hill |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
LAC Sparks 412734 and LAC Ravell 412268 of Number 2 Service Flying Training School based at Wagga were killed in the loss of Wirraway A20-237 at Pools Creek near Ladysmith, NSW
LAC Ravell is commemorated on Panel 5 of the NSW Cremation Memorial in Sydney
LAC Sparks is buried in South Head General Cemetery, NSW