Edmund Melvill Spark was born in Young on 18 March 1885 to George Edmund Spark and his wife Mignonette.
He had been studying law and apprenticed to Mr Vero Read in the Sydney law firm Messers Norton, Smith and Co. for three years before enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force on 29 June 1915.
He served at Gallipoli, France and Belgium, rose to a Sergeant in rank and was awarded the Military Med...
