John Henry PARKINSON

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PARKINSON, John Henry

Service Number:	NX6042
Enlisted:	3 November 1939
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Liverpool, England, 20 June 1918
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Presumed dead, Libya, 9 January 1941, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Alamein Memorial - El Alamein, Maṭrūḥ, Egypt
Memorials:	Alamein Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Griffith Anglican Cathedral Church of St. Alban the Martyr WW2 Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX6042
3 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX6042, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Zidane McNamara

2/4th Battalion War Diary
8 Jan 1941; Parkinson wounded and missing. Report that he was dead and in enemy hands.

NX4021 Francis Rowell in 2003
'We were outside Tobruk for a few days, some days, can’t remember how many days, and what was happening we were sending out patrols every night seeing what was what and gauging the defences, and the we had a few slight casualties there, no-one killed. We had one man wounded and we’ve not seen him since, we don’t know what happened to him. His name was Parkinson, Frank Parkinson, I think.'

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