Regimental number | 2027 |
Place of birth | Strahan West Coast, Tasmania |
School | State Schools, Hobart, and Church Grammar School, Launceston, Tasmania |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | 23 Wilson Street, Launceston, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, Thos S Parry, Railway Station, Deloraine, Tasmania |
Previous military service | Served in the Cadets and then joined the Artillery in Launceston. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 3, Battery 9 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/31/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board Transport A2 Geelong on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Gunner |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Age at death | 19.8 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
Place of burial | Lone Pine Cemetery (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 5), Gallipoli, Turkey |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 21 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas S. and Bertha PARRY, West Devonport, Tasmania. Native of Strahan, Tasmania. Commemorated in St Mary's Anglican Churchyard, Hagley, Tasmania. Parents: Thomas Stanton (25 January 1931, aged 75, bu. St Mary's) and Bertha Louisa (d. 31 December 1943, aged 81, bu. St Mary's) PARRY~ |
Family/military connections | Brother: 2nd Lt Cyril Strahan PARRY. Army Pay Corps, returned to Australia, 15 October 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |