Percy James PARSONS

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Service Number:	1647
Enlisted:	15 January 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Sussex, England, United Kingdom, 1891
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Teamster
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 56, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

15 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1647, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
22 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1647, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
22 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1647, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Itonus, Fremantle

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Arrived in Australia aged 21 years

Son of Alfred James Parsons of 3 Jubilee Cottages, Broadwater, Worthing, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory, Medal

Births Jun 1891 Parsons Percy James E. Preston 2b 349
The district E. Preston is an alternative name for East Preston in the county of Sussex

He is one of six Australian soldier casualties of the Great War to be honoured on the Worthing War Memorial

Place of Association- Woodside, Western Australia, Australia

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