SPARKS, Harold
| Service Number: | 3635 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 August 1938 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 9 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Avoca, Victoria , Australia, 30 January 1914 |
| Home Town: | Bentleigh East, Glen Eira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Sunda Strait, Netherlands East Indies, 1 March 1942, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Singapore Memorial, Singapore |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery |
Non Warlike Service
| 1 Aug 1938: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 3635, Laverton, Victoria |
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World War 2 Service
| 1 Aug 1938: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 3635, No. 9 Squadron (RAAF) | |
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| 1 Mar 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 3635, No. 9 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Six members of Number 9 (Fleet Cooperation) Squadron RAAF based at Rathmines were deployed aboard HMAS Perth to fly and maintain the ship's aircraft, when the ship was sunk in Sunda Strait on the 1st of March 1942 three of them were killed and they are commemorated on the Singapore Memorial - Sergeant Harold Sparks 3635 / Corporal Phillip Ernest Will 9030 / Corporal Colin Archibald Nott 9358
Leading Aircraftman Ernest George Toe 40613 survived the sinking of HMAS Perth and became a POW of the Japanese; he died in the Far East following the sinking of the Transport Ship Rakuyo Maru - 12/09/1944 (commemorated on the Singapore Memorial - Column 444)
Flight Lieutenant Allen Vernon McDonough 407008 (discharged from the RAAF in January 1946) and Warrant Officer Ronald Adolphus Bradshaw 17357 (discharged from the RAAF in July 1946) survived.
Biography contributed by Stephen Diver
Son of Mrs EF Sparks and Stepson of Mr HP Duffield.
Also Listed on 9 RAAF Squadron Memorial at the Seaplane Memorial,Rathmines NSW, HMAS Perth Memorial Perth Western Australia and AWM Canberra.
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