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PARKINSON, Alexander Robert

Service Number:	SX11761
Enlisted:	23 December 1940, Wayville, SA
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Millicent, South Australia, Australia, 4 December 1915
Home Town:	St Morris, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Inspector (Fire Insurance)
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 28 August 1942, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 2. Row E. Grave 2. Inscription: "BOB" BELOVED HUSBAND OF NORMA AND DADDY OF PEGGY AND ANNE".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

23 Dec 1940:	Involvement Lieutenant, SX11761, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
23 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
23 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, SX11761, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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