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Topic: Thomas Alexander PARR.

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Age on Enlistment: 28 years.

Left Home: 1 May 1918.

Entered Camp: 2 May 1918.

Commenced Service: 25 July 1918.

Last Employer: T Dalzell, Tokomaru.

Height: 5' 7 3/4" Chest: 33" - 37"

Weight: 152lb Hair: Dark

Complexion: Dark Eyes: Blue

NOK: Mrs TA Parr (wife), Tokomaru

Will: Archives NZ, Wellington

Thankyou to Richard Pursehouse for the photos taken at Cannock Chase War Cemetery

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Date of birth:	28 October 1889
Date of death:	09 November 1918
Place of birth:	Wellington, New Zealand
Awards:	British War Medal, Victory Medal
Occupation:	Flax Cutter
Cause of death:	Influenza and Broncho Pneumonia
Place of death:	Rugeley Military Hospital, Cannock Chase
Buried where:	Cannock Chase War Cemetery, Staffordshire, England. 4.H.13
Marriage date:	13 November 1912
Place of marriage:	(Selwyn, Canterbury, NZ by Rev McKenzie), c/o A McGregor, Clydesdale Farm, Selwyn, Canterbury
Spouses name:	Annie (nee McGregor)
Fathers name:	William Henry
Fathers place of birth:	England
Fathers occupation:	Butcher
Mothers name:	Elizabeth (née Dawson)
Siblings:	Elizabeth, Cecil Edward , Stewart, Ethel Frances, Eva, Harold , Margaret Evelyn, Mervyn Robert Dawson , and Ruby Catherine
Date of arrival overseas:	04 October 1918
Theatres of war:	Never got to The Fields
Place of embarkation:	on Tofua from Wellington
Surname:	PARR
War memorial:	Tokomaru
Place enlisted:	Palmerston North
Christian names:	Thomas Alexander
Place of arrival overseas:	London, England
School:	Linton; Tokomaru
Wars:	WW1
Service number:	79586
Religion:	C of E
Date enlisted:	19 November 1917
Final rank:	Rifleman
Regiment or service:	3rd NZ Rifle Brigade
Embarkation date:	01 August 1918, (2 May 1918 for Foreign Service.)
User reference:	8.83