PARKINSON, Arthur Ronald
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Warrington, England, UK, 7 October 1885 |
| Home Town: | Burnie, Burnie, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Humpybong State School Qld. |
| Occupation: | Surveyor |
| Died: | 4 October 1967, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Redcliffe Humpybong Roll of Honor, Woody Point Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, Reinforcements WW1, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 31 Oct 1916: | Involvement Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Oct 1916: | Embarked Field Company Engineers, HMAT Marathon, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Arthur Ronald's parents were Arthur William Parkinson and Bessie James. The family arrived in Sydney aboard the Macquarie in October 1890 and travelled to Redcliffe in Queensland. At that time Arthur William had two sisters, Emily Jane and Gertrude Amelia Parkinson, and brother, Henry Waterworth Parkinson, living in Redcliffe. Ronald, as Arthur Ronald was commonly called, attended Humpybong State School. Eventually qualifying as a surveyor, Ronald married Helen Edith Stirling in Tasmania in 1915 before enlisting in January 1916. He returned to Australia in January 1919, resuming his career as a surveyor. He and his wife were regular visitors to Redcliffe in the years following the war.