William Percival SPARKES

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SPARKES, William Percival

Service Number:	1654
Enlisted:	20 August 1914, Place of Enlistment, Brisbane, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Battery Quartermaster Sergeant
Last Unit:	7th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 17 September 1880
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	War Service related , Brisbane, Queensland , Australia, 15 September 1921, aged 40 years
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland
Memorials:	Annerley Stephens Shire Council Residents Honour Board 1

World War 1 Service

20 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 1654, 3rd Field Artillery Battery, Place of Enlistment, Brisbane, Queensland.
20 Aug 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Gunner, 7th Field Artillery Brigade
25 Sep 1914:	Embarked Gunner, 1654, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Rangatira, Brisbane
25 Sep 1914:	Involvement Gunner, 1654, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Rangatira embarkation_ship_number: A22 public_note: ''
17 Jan 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 7th Field Artillery Brigade
14 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Bombardier, 3rd Field Artillery Battery, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wounds to back,legs and feet.
20 Oct 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 7th Field Artillery Brigade
27 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 7th Field Artillery Brigade
19 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Battery Quartermaster Sergeant, 7th Field Artillery Brigade
25 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Battery Quartermaster Sergeant, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Permanently unfit for Military Service
2 Jun 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Battery Quartermaster Sergeant, Returned to Australia.

Obituary William Percival Sparkes.

Sparkes, William Percival (1889–1921)
The death is announced of Mr. William Percival Sparkes, of Kuraby, a well-known Brisbane resident, and an original Anzac. The late Mr. Sparkes was a nephew of Mr. Alonzo Sparkes, and a grandson of the head of the old pioneer Rosetta family. Prior to the war he was advertising manager for Messrs. Allan and Stark, and was well known in musical and sporting circles. He was leading member and hon. secretary of' the Brisbane Dingy Sailing Club, and was associated in the production of light opera. In 1914, on the outbreak of war, he enlisted in the Artillery, and went to Egypt as a bombardier with the first Anzacs, subsequently participating in the historical landing at Gallipoli. Later he was promoted Quartermaster-Sergeant, served east of the Suez Canal, and then in France, whence he was sent in 1917 to an officers' school in England to qualify for a commission. His health however had been affected by the strain of his campaigns and he was invalided home. On his return he rejoined the old firm, but subsequently took up farming at Kuraby. His health did not improve and on Thursday he passed away at Rosemount Hospital. In 1918 he opposed Mr. Huxham for the Buranda seat in the Legislative Assembly, standing as a National Party candidate. Mr Sparkes was unmarried and lived with his mother at Kuraby. His funeral will take place to the Toowong cemetery at 3 p.m. to-day.

Original publication
Brisbane Courier
,
17 September 1921

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