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PARSONSON, Cecil Claude
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 88 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Sydney, NSW, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Lawson, Blue Mountains Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith's Assistant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Tuggerah Public School Great War Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Bugler, 88, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement 88, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked 88, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 27 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 88, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 88 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-04-27 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
BUGLER PARSONSON.
Bugler C. Parsonson (killed in action) was 21 years of age, and resided at Haberfield. He enlisted two days after war was declared. Bugler Parsonson, who was previously a bugler in the old F Company, Wyong district, was a member of the Western Suburbs Football Club, and was well known in athletic circles.