PARR, George
(Service number 24219)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 01/03/1883 | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
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| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mrs Edward PARR (mother), Pleasant Point, South Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 13th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 27 May 1916 | ||
| Transport | Willochra or Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Plymouth or Devonport, England |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 13 April 1955 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | Geraldine | ||
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Biographical Notes
Son of Edward PARR. Brother of Cuthbert and Stephen PARR and cousins of George and Charles VERITY who also served in WWI.
Victoria Jaenecke recounts (of the Parr and Verity cousins): "Their mothers were sisters, Mary Ann and Fanny Gould, of 'The Waterfalls' farm 20 km from Pleasant Point."
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [16 November 2014]; SCRoll web submission by V Jaenecke, 16 April 2015
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