Edwin PARSONS

PARSONS, Edwin

    Service Number: 4495
    Enlisted: 29 November 1915, 11th reinforcements
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 26th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia, 1 October 1895
    Home Town: Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland
    Schooling: Boys State School, Queensland, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 5 November 1916, aged 21 years
    Cemetery: Warlencourt British Cemetery
    (Plot II, Row J, Grave No. 21), Warlencourt British Cemetery, Warlencourt-Eaucourt, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4495, 26th Infantry Battalion, 11th reinforcements
    30 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, 4495, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
    30 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 4495, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Brisbane

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    Son of William John and Mary Anna Parsons, of East Street Extended., Mount Morgan, Queensland.

    Brother 4199 Private Albert Roy Parsons 25th Battalion AIF, died of wounds 19 July, 1918. Age 21.

    Brother in law, 5611 Private Robert William Jones 26th Battalion AIF killed in action 2 March 1917. Age 34. Wife, Mrs Elise Jane Jones (nee Parsons), East Street, Mount Morgan, Queensland.

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