PARSONS, Percy William
| Service Number: | 2845 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kent England, June 1890 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Pneumonia, 16th Australian General Hospital, Mont Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 15 November 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2845, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 27 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2845, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2845, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 28 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2845, 14th Infantry Battalion, France: GSW to right leg, amputated at thigh | |
| 8 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2845, 14th Infantry Battalion, 3rd MD - amputated right leg |
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From How We Served
Looking for the family of; - 2845 Private Percy William Parsons (one of Jacka's Mob) formally a butcher from Melbourne had immigrated from Kent, England prior to enlisting for War Service on the 6th of July 1915 and was allocated to the 14th Battalion 1st AIF.
Embarking for Egypt and further training Percy departed Australia on the 27th of September and following the Gallipoli campaign he was officially taken on strength with his Battalion on the 8th of January 1916. By the start of February Percy had been evacuated sick for hospitalisation and re-joined his Unit on the 2nd of April, and was shipped from Egypt to France, arriving on the 8th of June. After a brief bout of sickness, Percy entered the ‘Bull Ring at Etaples on the 20th of July, and proceeded with his Unit to enter the trenches in the vicinity of Mouquet Farm.
Whilst engaged in these operations, Percy was severely wounded in action on the 28th of August, receiving shrapnel wounds to his right thigh and lower back, and was evacuated for hospitalisation to be stabilised before he was sent to England, arriving on the 1st of September. Following being admitted into hospital it was found that the wounds to his leg was so serious that he would require to have his right leg amputated from the thigh downwards, and after an extended period of further hospitalisation he was not embarked for Australia for repatriation as an invalid until the 1st of November 1917.
Following his return to Australia Percy was admitted into the 16th Australian General Hospital (Mont Park) on the 9th of November 1918, and whilst still in-residence Percy succumbed to illness and injuries on the 15th of November at the age of 28, Following his passing Percy was interred within Coburg Cemetery, Victoria.
At the time of his entry into Mont Park, Percy gave as his known next of kin as his father, Mrs M Parsons of Kent, England.
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