Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen Parsonage, Bertie Drury
Service Service Number Number 1494 3589 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 1st November 1917 Gallipoli Ypres,Peninsula Belgium
Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource
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NAME
Parsonage, Bertie Drury
SERVICE NO
3589
UNIT
2nd Battalion/ 8th Reinfs, 19th Battalion
RANK AGE at Enlistment
18 yrs 1 mth (dob 21 Apr 1900)
PLACE OF BIRTH
Ryde, NSW
ADDRESS OCCUPATION
Railway Storeman
DATE OF ENLISTMENT
30 Oct 1915
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE
Militia
NEXT OF KIN
Parents;- E W & Margaret Alice Parsonage/ Church St., Ryde
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height;- 5’3”. Weight;- 100lbs, Chest;- 33” Complexion;- Fair. Eyes;- Grey. Hair;-Fair
RELIGION
Church of England
EMBARKED
17.12.1915-Sydney per HMAT A35 “Berrima”
DISEMBARKED NOTES
5.5.1917- Bugler-France 23-8-1917-4.9.1917- Furlough- UK
WOUNDED/ILLNESS
21.12.1916-Sick, Dental-France 11.5.1917-Gonorrhoea- 47 days.
DIED
1.11.1917-Belgium, Ypres
BURIED
Ypres-Prison Cemetery- Ypres Reservoir Cemetery
MEDALS
British War Medal-27782, Victory Medal-27604. Memorial Plaque & Scroll338183.
DEPENDANTS
Mother;- Margaret Alice Parsonage
PERSONAL EFFECTS
Torch, Prayer book, lock of hair, letter, 4 postage stamps./ Wallet, photos, post cards, pair of spectacles in case (damaged), Testament, 2 books of views, greeting cards, paper pocket case/
WILL
Beneficiary;- Mother
CORRESPONDENCE
Public Trustee- 18 Oct 1957 re Estate of Late Eddie Roy Parsonage. Mr W James, 1 Bridgewater St., Roselle- Cousin. Mr E W Parsonage- Father.
REMARKS
Related to Mr H Drury- Gosford Area see Gosford Times 29.11.1917
Gosford Times 29th November 1917 The death of Private Bert Parsonage is announced in a Sydney paper. He was killed in action in France. Bert was well known here, and was a relative of Mr H Drury, with whom he was staying some time prior to enlisting. He got into khaki at the age of 16 as bugler about two years ago.
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