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PARFREY, Herbert Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3829 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 February 1916, Horsham, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia, 1874 |
| Home Town: | Rainbow, Hindmarsh, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Swan Hill Hospital, Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, 18 March 1928, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Swan Hill Cemetery, Victoria C/E, 26 |
| Memorials: | South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 15 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 3829, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Horsham, Vic. | |
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| 25 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 3829, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 25 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 3829, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Melbourne | |
| 25 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 3829, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Melbourne | |
| 25 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 3829, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James John PARFREY and Jane nee GRIFFITHS
Husband of Mrs Eliza Adeline Parfrey, Rainbow PO, Rainbow, Victoria
Ouyen Mail 28 Mar 1928
Herbert Henry Parfrey, an Ouyen identity, died on Sunday, March 18, in Swan Hill hospital. Deceased, who leaves a wife and grown-up family, was 54 years of age. He was a returned soldier and his death is attributed partly to war injuries. The Swan Hill branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. gave him a digger's funeral.
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