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George Edwin PARRY

Regimental number7444
Place of birthMortlake, New South Wales
SchoolBurwood Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStipendiary reader, Church of England
AddressLismore, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFather, E Parry, Webster Creek, Nimbin, Richmond River, New South Wales
Enlistment date2 January 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 25th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 14 June 1917
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll42nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 30 May 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death28.8
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialMont Huon Military Cemetery (Plot V, Row J, Grave No. 7A), Le Treport, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
136
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edwin and Margaret Isabella PARRY, Nimbin, Richmond River, New South Wales
Other detailsWar service: France. Wounded and gassed at Villers-Brettoneux, France, 25 May 1918; died at 2nd Canadian Hospital, Le Treport.

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