PARMINTER, Joseph Palliser
| Service Number: | 6576 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 18 October 1896 |
| Home Town: | Wooloowin, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, 19 May 1978, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld MONUMENTAL-RC1-15-35 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 23 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6576, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6576, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6576, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane | |
| 19 Jul 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, Meteren, France | |
| 12 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6576, 9th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Joseph Palliser Parminter was the son of Elizabeth Martha Parminter, Wooloowin, Brisbane, Queensland, and the late George Henry Parminter, his father having died in 1914. The father was pay master and accountant at Victoria barracks for many years.
Joseph enlisted in the 9th Battalion in May 1916 at 19 years of age. He joined the unit in France in April 1917 and was immediately put into the heavy fighting at Bullecourt in May 1917.
Joseph was badly wounded and evacuated to England with gunshot wounds to his left leg. He was in England for about three months before returning to France.
His older brother, 1713 Pte. Lionel Parminter 49th Battalion was killed in action at Dernancourt, France on 5 April 1918, aged 23.
Joseph Parminter was awarded a Military Medal a few months later, when “In an operation against the enemy position at Meteren on 19 July 1918, Pte. Parminter was one of a platoon operating in the rear of the enemy during the attack. During the earlier stages of the attack an enemy post harassed the attacking troops. Privates Parminter and Evans volunteered to outflank this post. Private Parminter pursued the enemy for a considerable distance into his own territory but could not overtake them, whereupon he opened fire and shot several. During the latter stages of the attack, he was always to the fore and his dash and initiative were an incentive to others and helped greatly towards the final rout of the enemy.”
Joseph was returned to Australia during June 1919. He enlisted again during WW2, dropping his age by a few years on enlistment. He served in the same Battalion in the Middle East for a while, the 2/9th Battalion. The following was reported in a Queensland newspaper in July 1940 under the heading “King Chats With A Brisbane Digger”.
“When the King inspected an A.I.F. camp "somewhere in England" yesterday, the Military Medal of Private J. P. Parminter, a Brisbane man, caught his eye: He learned that the decoration was earned at Meteren in July, 1918; when Private Parminter was serving in the same battalion in the last war. Private Parminter is one of three brothers who served in the Great War. His brother, Mr. H. C. Parminter, an officer of' the Queensland National Bank's Warwick staff, received a letter from him yesterday. The letter was written while the troopships were at sea.”
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