Parsonage, Bertie

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Parsonage, Bertie Drury Service Number 3589

Killed in Action 1st November 1917 Ypres, 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, 19

th 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 ENLIST-MENT

PREVIOUS SERVICE Militia

NEXT OF KIN Parents;- E W & Margaret Alice Parsonage/ Church St., Ryde

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

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 & Scroll-338183.

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.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8003920



























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