PARRY, Gavin Brandreth
| Service Numbers: | 66975, N154303 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 April 1918, North Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps |
| Born: | Watsons Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, 29 March 1898 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Illness, Newcastle, New South Wales, 3 November 1974, aged 76 years |
| Cemetery: |
Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) General Plot |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Apr 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 66975, North Sydney | |
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| 14 Oct 1918: | Involvement Private, 66975, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Wyreema embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 14 Oct 1918: | Embarked Private, 66975, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), SS Wyreema, Sydney |
World War 2 Service
| 26 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, N154303, 5th Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps, Newcastle, NSW | |
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| 26 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, N154303 | |
| 30 Sep 1945: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, N154303, 5th Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Gavin Brandreth PARRY was born in Watsons Bay, Sydney on 29th March, 1898
His parents were Robert Brandreth PARRY & Adeline Mary CREER
He married Linda Jean Marguerite STEPHEN in St Stephens Church, Macquarie St, Sydney in 1937
He enlisted for WW1 on 19th April, 1918 and embarked from Sydney on the SS Wyreema on 14th October, 1918 with the 23rd NSW Reinforcements - date of discharge and return to Australia unknown
He enlisted for WW2 on 26th March, 1942 and served part time with the 5th Infantry Battalion, Volunteer Defence Corps and was discharged on 30th September, 1945
Gavin died on 3rd November, 1974
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His two brothers both served during WW2 in the Royal Australian Navy as Lieutenants
1. Robert Keith PARRY - discharged 1940
2. Geoffrey Lincoln Parry - discharged 1946
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