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PARSONS, Clement Thomas Lewis

Service Number:	2391
Enlisted:	1 March 1916, Enlisted Cootamundra NSW allocated to 1st Depot Battalion in Camp for initial training
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	56th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lankeys Creek, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Lankeys Creek, Greater Hume Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Rosewood Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural Causes , 10 March 1993, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Plaque in the Queensland Garden of Remembrance
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World War 1 Service

1 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2391, Depot Battalion (AIF), Enlisted Cootamundra NSW allocated to 1st Depot Battalion in Camp for initial training
1 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Home Service , Allocated to B then C Company 1st Battalion NSW for duty till 15th August 1916
30 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2391, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2391, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
5 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the 56th Battalion in the field France
26 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2391, 56th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, Shrapnel wound forehead to CCS for treatment and convalescence at 5th Australian Divisional Base Depot France
2 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2391, 56th Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, Gun shot Wound leg at Perone France Evacuated to University War Hospital UK for treatment and convalescence
8 Jan 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2391, 56th Infantry Battalion, RTA 2MD Sydney medically unfit GSW leg on HT Orsova
10 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2391, 56th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 2MD Sydney medically unfit GSW leg

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