Charles Robert PARKIN

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Service Number:	18135
Enlisted:	28 February 1917, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Shoeing-Smith
Last Unit:	2nd Signal Squadron, AIF
Born:	Newtown, New South Wales, 4 April 1889
Home Town:	Bowraville, Nambucca Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Randwick North High School
Occupation:	Blacksmith/Farrier
Died:	Accidental (boiler explosion), Macksville, New South Wales, 10 May 1921, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Macksville General Cemetery, New South Wales
Memorials:

28 Feb 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 18135, Sydney, New South Wales
9 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 18135, Signal Squadron - Cable Section, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
9 May 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 18135, Signal Squadron - Cable Section, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney
6 Jun 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 18135, 2nd Signal Squadron, AIF

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