William Thomas PARFREY

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PARFREY, William Thomas

Service Number:	554
Enlisted:	28 January 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	1896, place not yet discovered
Home Town:	Bailieston East, Strathbogie, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 14 April 1918
Cemetery:	Nieppe-Bois (Rue-du-Bois) British Cemetery, Vieux-Berquin
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goulburn Weir War Memorial, Nagambie St John's Anglican Church WW1 Honour Roll, Nagambie War Memorial

World War 1 Service

28 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 554
27 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 554, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
27 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 554, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
14 Apr 1918:	Involvement Private, 554, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 554 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-14

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Biography contributed by Anthony Ralston

William Thomas was born in 1896 in Bailieston East, Victoria, Australia. To Charles, and Louisa Parfrey. He had eight brothers and six sisters. William enlisted in the AIF on 28th January 1916 He was placed in the 8th Australian Infantry Battalion which embarked on the, 27 May 1916 onboard HMAT Ascanius A11 which departed from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia William was killed in action on 14 April 1918 in Vieux-Berquin, Nord, France, at the age of 22, and was buried there.

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