William Claude Parsons

Forenames

William Claude AWMM

Surname

Parsons AWMM

Service number

WWI 34425 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

21 Jul 1893 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Pre 21 Aug 1916 AWMM Seddon Street, Waihi, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs L.A. Parsons (mother), Seddon Street, Waihi, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 02 Jan 1917 AWMM Single AWMM
Single, 1 child AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 34425 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 21 Aug 1916 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 02 Jan 1917-27 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 73 AWMM Vessel was Opawa AWMM Private AWMM 20th Reinforcements, E Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Wounded, November 1917 head wounds AWMM
• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 6th (Hauraki) Company AWMM

Son of John and Lucy Adelaide Parsons, of Frankton Junction, Thames, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr J. Parsons, Frankton Junction (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

28 Sept 1918 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Ribecourt Road Cemetery, near Trescault, Pas de Calais, France AWMM I. A. 11. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21384275
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/595952/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/595952
  Further Reference

References

• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  49: 8
• New Zealand. Army (c.1920). A further list of the names of ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% : compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent war pensions; and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) discharged hospital patients; assessed as suffering permanent disability, and who are whilst in hospital, receiving full pensions. New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 4: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Sloane, K. (2014) Living With High Explosives, The 1st NZ Light Trench Mortar Battery, 1916-1918.
  Public - Keith - Researcher - 10 April 2015 - Military History