PARRY, Charles Francis
| Service Number: | NX43340 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Temora, New South Wales, Australia, 3 June 1920 |
| Home Town: | Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nestle factory, Smithtown |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 21 November 1942, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kempsey Streets of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX43340 | |
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| 22 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX43340, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graham Prior
Two poignant verses from a poem written by his mate Private Neale.
For somewhere in New Guinea young Charlie Parry lies In a lonely little graveyard Beneath the bright New Guinea skies. But he'll never be forgotten by the ones that loved him dear, His mother broken hearted and his wife shed many tears.
He died fighting for Australia up there where things are tough Like many young Australians but they never had enough. They knew the job they had to do, a job that must be done In swamp infested jungle Neath the blazing of the sun....
Charles Parry St, Crescent Head is named for him
STREETS OF HONOUR - The Macleay Valley's Tribute to its silent heroes