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PARROTT, Lionel Eric
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 288 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 September 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 10 September 1892 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial Panel 56, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broomehill District WW1Roll of Honour, Broomehill War Memorial, Hampton RSL Gallipoli Memorial Gardens, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 288, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 288, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 288, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was 107 Stirling Street, Perth, WA
Next of kin given as his brother Mortimer Henry Parrott of 'Helvitia', South Road, Brighton Beach, Victoria. Also brother of Laura F. Tipps of 44 Auckland Street, St Kilda, Victoria.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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