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Arthur Leslie PARKES

Regimental number2370
Place of birthNew South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressHobart, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinWife, Mrs Lillian Ann Parkes, 109 Brisbane Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Enlistment date2 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 21 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of disease 5 February 1919
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialSutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard (Plot 47, Row E, Grave No. 5), Wiltshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frank and Emily PARKES; husband of Lilian PARKES, 15 domain Road, Hobart, Tasmania

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