PARKIN, Joseph Percy
| Service Number: | 1812 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Leeds , England, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Vulvanizer |
| Died: | Perth Western Australia, 22 April 1955, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Wesleyan-Ba-0802 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1812, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1812, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle |
Joseph Percy Parkin SN6948 and SN R1812
Joseph Percy Parkin had 2 SN numbers which are both listed in records causing confusion especially as Joseph number SN6945 is listed as Joseph Perry Parkin. This happened as he left the service and a year later retuned as a Retuned Soldier SN R1812
Joseph Percy was born in 1891 in Leeds England to parents Joseph Parkin (1857-1898) and Ellen Walker ( 1857-1947). Joseph had a younger brother Horace Walker Parkin born 1893.
Joseph Percy was employed as a Vulcaniser when he enlisted on the 13th of January 1915..He left Fremantle on the HMAT Berrima aged 24 years. He went off to Gallipoli in June 1915 with the 11th Battalion.
In August he was wounded in action; a bullet to the nose. He left Gallipoli by ship to Lemnos, transferred by hospital ship to Alexandria, then to Convalescent Hospital . At the end of August 1915 he was sent back to duty.
A week or so later at the beginning of September, he was admitted to hospital with influenza, and two months later admitted with Enteric Fever. In December, he was sent by ship to Port Said to retun to Australia for a change.
At the end of December 1916, he left Australia again on the HMAT Berrima, arriving 2 months later as a returned soldier. He attended training camp in Dorrington and Codford.
In March 1918 he went to France with the 11th Battalion Reinforcements.
He was wounded in action again in August 1918 with a gunshot wound to his left shoulder.He was sent to England and admitted to Graylingwell war hospital.
He was sent home to Australia in the beginning of 1919 and then discharged.
In 1919 Joseph married Phillis Evelyn Collett ( 1900-1941). They had 2 children and lived in East Perth.
After Phillis died, Joseph remarried Gladys Garenth Swaffer ( 1899-1944),( the widow of John William Swaffer( 1890-1939). He too had served in WW1 in the 44th Battalion.
Joseph Percy died on the 22nd of April 1955. He is buried at
Karrakatta Cemetery , Perth.
From the Mount Lawley Society
Submitted 10 February 2024 by beth McKechnie