| Accession Number | PR03569 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 2 wallets: 4cm |
| Object type | Letter, Photograph, Book |
| Maker |
G Lekegian & Co. Paul, Thomas Giles Pearce & Fullwood Spargo, Edwin Bennett 'Ted' |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Brunswick, Egypt: Alexandria, Egypt: Cairo, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli |
| Date made | 1907-1915 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Spargo, Edwin Bennett 'Ted' (Lieutenant, b.1888 - d.1915)
Description
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Edwin Bennett 'Ted' Spargo, 6 Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, 1915. Collection includes: letter from Spargo to Miss 'Pat' Patterson, dated 26 June 1915, Alexandria (includes envelope); a letter of condolence from 121 Private (later Captain) Thomas Giles Paul, 6 Battalion, to Mrs Fullwood (Spargo's sister); studio portrait of Spargo in a suit (photographic postcard), Pearce & Fullwood, Brunswick; studio portrait of Spargo in uniform, Pearce & Fullwood, Brunswick; studio portrait of Spargo in uniform, Lekegian & Co, Cairo; book, 'A dream of fair women' (1907, illustrations by Harrison Fisher), with inscription 'Pat from Ted, Xmas 1910'.
History / Summary
Biographical information: born 16 August 1888; enlisted 15 August 1914; embarked 19 October 1914, HMAT Hororata; served 6 Battalion; wounded 25 April 1915, Gallipoli; rejoined unit 14 July 1915; killed in action 7 August 1915, Gallipoli, leading attack on German Officers' trench. Son of James Henry and Jessie Ann Spargo, of 173 Tooronga Road, East Malvern, Victoria, Australia. Native of Brunswick.