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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
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Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of
Benalyn Campbell
And Vivienne Tranter
in compiling this resource
The information in this file has been extracted from official records
held in the
The Australian War Memorial and
National Archives of Australia
(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)
Further information on this soldier may be found online at:
Commonwealth War Graves
The AIF project
Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children
using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context
provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1st AIF.
This resource is presented by Gosford City Council
for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources
contained within remains with the original copyright owners.
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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
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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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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8003920
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8003920
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8003920
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8003920
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