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PARKIN, Francis James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6299 |
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Enlisted: | 25 November 1915, Moore Park, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | 1st Field Company Engineers |
Born: | Randwick, New South Wales, 26 February 1893 |
Home Town: | Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Randwick Public School |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Died: | Died of Illness (Phthisis), Cape Town, South Africa, 13 September 1917, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Woltemade Cemetery (Maitland), Cape Town Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
25 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6299, Moore Park, New South Wales | |
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21 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 6299, 1st Field Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: '' | |
21 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 6299, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Armadale, Sydney | |
28 Jul 1916: | Wounded Sapper, 6299, 1st Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières , GSW (back) |
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