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PARKIN, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1978 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Penzance, Cornwall, England., 1887 |
| Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 26 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1978, 19th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1978, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Sep 1887 PARKIN William Penzance 5c 250
He was 30 and the son of Richard Parkin; husband of Winifred Parkin, of 61, Henrietta St., Waverley, New South Wales. Winifred was the sister of Private Thomas Harvey, Service Number 4362, 2nd Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action 4 October 1917, aged 27