PARR, Urban
| Service Numbers: | 37, 10531 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Burwell, Cambridgeshire, England, 5 April 1889 |
| Home Town: | Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mental attendant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Grave XXIII. G. 4., Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll, Parramatta Mental Hospital Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 37, 12th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 13 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 37, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 13 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 37, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 15 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 10531, 3rd Divisional Signal Company | |
| 25 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 10531, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 25 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 10531, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: Name incorrectly spelt as Barr Urban on original record | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 10531, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 10531 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Division Signals Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1917-10-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He left a widow, Mrs W Barry, of Parramatta, New South Wales.
He is commemorated as Urban Parr on the war memorial in the Church of St Mary at Burwell, Nottinghamshire, England.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
The true family name was Parr. He enlisted under the name of William Barry.
Births Jun 1889 Parr Urban Newmarket 3b 545
Newmarket was the registration district for Burwell.
He left a widow, Alice Florence Parr and a child, Robert Patrick Parr of Sorrell Street, Parramatta North NSW
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is also commemorated [ as Urban Parr] on the Burwell War Memorial which is located on the Gable End of a private dwelling which was the Nurses's Home and now known as Memorial House at No.19, The Causeway, Burwell, East Cambridgeshire, CB25 0DU, England. It was built as a house for the District Nurse, and It had three memorial plaques, containing the names of the fallen (in alphabetical order) of the Great War, on the gable end wall surmounted by a Cross in red brick and a stone planter below the memorial. The panels are of limestone with the names incised and painted black.
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