Regimental number | 10531 |
Place of birth | Newmarket, Burwell, Cambridgeshire, England |
True Name | PARR, Urban |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Mental attendant |
Address | Sorrell Street, Parramatta, New South Wales |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs W Barry, Sorrell Street, Parramatta, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | Divisional Signal Company 3 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 22/13/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Divisional Signal Company |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | Tyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXIII, Row G, Grave No. 4), Passchendaele, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 26 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | ASSUMED TRUE NAME 13TH MAY 1917, PARR, URBAN. Posted a deserter from Transport A29 "Suevic" on embarkation - 17/6/15. (apparently never apprehended). Re-attested as William Barry on 6/1/1916, taken on strength of 34th Battalion - 30/10/1916, and reported missing by that Unit 12/10/1917. (Statutory Declaration made by attestee at Broadmeadows 13/5/1916 declaring true name PARR, URBAN |
Family/military connections | Father-in-law: 4004 Pte Robert James TURNER, 2nd Australian Corps School, returned to Australia, 4 January 1918; Brothers-in-law: 1588 Pte John James TURNER, 3rd Bn, killed in action, 7-12 August 1915; 767 Pte John TURNER, 30th Bn, killed in action, 20 July 1916. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |