Reginald Parsons

Title

Corporal

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Forenames

Reginald AWMM

Surname

Parsons AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/1309 AWMM

Gender

• Male AWMM
• Male
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Religion

Presyterian

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Date of birth

states 5 Aug 1883 on Miliatry record - actually 1893

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Place of birth

Auckland, NZ

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Birth notes

son of William James PARSONS & Mary Jane nee' SMYTH

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Care of Mrs Kennedy, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

H.W. Parsons (brother), Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Dec 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/1309 AWMM

Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
Plague & Scroll # 510258

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Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Occupation before enlistment

Salesman

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Embarkation details

WW1 14 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 13 or HMNZT 14 or HMNZT 15 AWMM Vessel was Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM 2nd Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM

Brother of the late Mr. H. W. Parsons, of Gisborne; nephew of Mr. W. J. Smyth, of 1 12, Crummer Rd., Grey Lynn, Auckland.

Next of Kin: Mr W. J. Smyth, Crummer Rd, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

8 Aug 1915 AWMM

Age at death

22yrs

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Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Death notes

PARSONS, Corporal, REGINALD, 10/1309. Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F.. Killed in action 8th August 1915. Brother of the late Mr. H. W. Parsons, of Gisborne; nephew of Mr. W. J. Smyth, of 1 12, Crummer Rd., Grey Lynn, Auckland. 18.

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Cemetery name

Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey

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Obituary

killed in action on August 7, was 22 yrs of age and was a brother of Mr H Parsons of Gisborne. He was a corporal in the territorials and left Gisborne with the first reinforcements. He was also one of the many members of the Gisborne Rowing Club who have gone to the front

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Memorial name

• Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
• 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/R21384262
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/680289/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/680289
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 565
• 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.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.