PARKINSON, Alfred Henry
| Service Number: | 7109 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Marble Bar, East Pilbara, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness, United Kingdom, 26 March 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Codford St. Mary (St. Mary) New Churchyard, Wiltshire, England |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 7109, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 7109, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Berrima, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 26th March…… Alfred Henry Parkinson was born at Bowaka, South Australia on 20th October, 1880.
Isabella Louisa Parkinson, mother of Alfred Henry Parkinson, died on 5th June, 1896 at Bordertown, South Australia.
From 1905 onwards the Electoral Rolls show Alfred Henry Parkinson as a Miner living in Western Australia.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 23rd November, 1916 at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia as a 35 year old, single, Miner from Adelaide, South Australia.
Private Alfred Henry Parkinson, Service number 7109, embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia on HMAT Berrima (A35) on 23rd December, 1916 with the 4th Infantry Brigade, 16th Infantry Battalion, 23rd Reinforcements & disembarked at Devonport, England on 16th February, 1917.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. These were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
On 24th February, 1917 Private Parkinson was marched in to 4th Training Battalion at Codford, Wiltshire.
He was admitted to Sutton Veny Hospital, Wiltshire on 20th March, 1917.
Private Alfred Henry Parkinson died on 26th March, 1917 at Sutton Veny Military Hospital, Wiltshire, England from Broncho Pneumonia.
He was buried in St. Mary’s New Churchyard, Codford, Wiltshire, England.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/codford---st-marys.html
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