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John PARSONS

Regimental number1400
Place of birthFendall St, Bermondoey, England
SchoolChoumort Rd School, Peckham, England
Age on arrival in Australia17
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Caroline Parsons, 33 Date Street, Walworth, London, England
Enlistment date30 November 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 2 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollTemporary Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 28 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPoperinghe, Belgium
Age at death25
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXIV, Row D, Grave No. 6), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
151

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