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PARRY-OKEDEN, William Nugent

Service Number:	QX6077
Enlisted:	2 December 1939
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit:	2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 28 September 1910
Home Town:	Chinchilla, Western Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Toowoomba Grammar School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Natural causes, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia, 6 August 1982, aged 71 years
Cemetery:	Privately Cremated
Memorials:	Chinchilla RSL Remembrance Wall, Toowoomba Grammar School WW2 Honour Board

World War 2 Service

2 Dec 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant Colonel, QX6077
2 Dec 1939:	Enlisted
2 Dec 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, QX6077, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
23 Dec 1943:	Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order
19 Dec 1945:	Discharged
19 Dec 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, QX6077, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
14 Feb 1946:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches

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