Parsonage, Bertie

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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