2409 Henry Thomas SPARKS

Date of enlistment	12^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company	C Company
Significant events while with the AIF	Killed in Action – Beaurevoir Wounded in Action – Pozieres Hospitalised sick twice Appointed Lance Corporal

Buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gouy

Summary of Lance Corporal Sparks WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455

Date	Location	Event
3^rd October 1918	France	Killed in Action
15^th August 1918	France	Re-joined Battalion
1^st August 1918	England	Proceeded on English leave
9^th October 1917	Belgium	Re-joined Battalion
19^th September 1917	Belgium	To hospital sick – boils
9^th July 1917	France	Re-joined Battalion
20^th June 1917	England	Proceeded overseas to France via Southampton
2^nd May 1917	England	Marched in to No.3 Command Depot Hurdcott
10^th April 1917	England	Discharged from hospital and marched in to Training Depot Perham Down
6^th March 1917	England	Transferred to 3^rd Auxiliary Hospital Dartford
6^th February 1917	England	Admitted 1^st Southern General Hospital
4^th February 1917	France	Embarked Le Havre on HS Formosa for England
1^st February 1917	France	To hospital sick – septic toe, frost bite feet
18^th December 1916	France	Re-joined Battalion
14^th December 1916	France	Marched in to 2ADBD Etaples
13^th December 1916	England	Proceeding overseas from Folkestone on Princess Henrietta
22^nd October 1916	England	Marched in to No.6 Training Battalion from No.1 Command Depot Perham Down
25^th September 1916	England	Granted furlough
22^nd September 1916	England	Marched in to No.1 Command Depot Perham Down
10^th August 1916	England	Admitted Beaufort War Hospital Bristol
9^th August 1916	France	Embarked at Le Havre for England on HS Mahano
8^th August 1916	France	Admitted 8^th General Hospital Rouen
5^th August 1916	France	Wounded in Action – gunshot wound to left shoulder and abdomen. Admitted to 44CCS
30^th July 1916	France	Appointed Lance Corporal
26^th March 1916	France	Disembarked Marseille
19^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle
8^th January 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir
25^th October 1915	Egypt	Disembarked Alexandria
29^th September 1915	Australia	Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley
3^rd August 1915	Australia	Assigned to 5^th Reinforcements 22^nd Battalion
19^th July 1915	Australia	Marched into Broadmeadows depot