PARSONS, Robert
| Service Number: | 6867 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 26 July 1888 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Crown Street Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Darlinghurst St John's Anglican Church Honour Board, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6867, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6867, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 8 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6867, 3rd Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Robert was the son of Henry and Kate Parsons of Sydney NSW. On his roll of honour form his father stated Robert was the brother to 3 others in the AIF. They were John, William and Samuel Parsons, who all returned.
Robert died near Broodseinde in Belgium when he was hit by a machine gun bullet during an advance. His brother John Parsons was in the same 9th platoon of C Company, 3rd Battalion and was present when he died and was buried on the battlefield. Another soldier stated the “two brothers were very attached to each other”. John wrote to his family and gave them the details of Robert’s death.
The brothers also had three first cousins killed during the war.