Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War I (1914-1918)

Date of Enlistment

14/08/1914

Place of Enlistment

Sydney NSW

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

England

Address (at enlistment)

Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT

Occupation

Roughrider

Next of Kin

Son of H. and L. Parry of London and husband of Evelyn May Parry, 13 Elsie Road, East Dulwich, London, England.

Burial Place

France Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, grave VIII.A.35

Service Number

43655

Final Rank

Sergeant

Final Unit

Royal Horse Artillery, 'U' Battery (British Army)

Died 14 November 1918, aged 31 years

Large stone tablet on outside of northern wall of St. John's Church, Reid ACT

Harry Parry worked at the Royal Military College, Duntroon from April 1914 until called-up for service in August 1914. He was an Imperial Reservist and embarked for Britain on 17 October 1914. He served in 'U' Battery which was attached to the 8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade of the 1st Indian Calvary Division in the Royal Horse Artillery. It served on the Western Front mostly as a reserve unit, although U Battery was involved in the Battle of Cambrai in France in November 1917. Parry died on 14 November 1918 and was buried in grave VIII.A.35 at Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, to the north east of St. Quentin in France.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Debt of Honour Register. http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/search/
Ross Howarth, 'Civilians employed at the Royal Military College of Australia, Duntroon, from 1911 to 1931', RMC Duntroon, November 2000
NAA RecordSearch Series MT1487/1
Queanbeyan Age - 26 May 1914, 30 June 1914