Moses Parr

1894-1945

Unit

3rd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37468

About

Born in England

26 July 1894
Parents

Mother

Alice Parr

Father

Moses Parr

Settled in New Zealand

1913
Live

Hometown

Dunedin
Work

Occupation

Coal-miner

Employer

Kaitangata Coal & Oil Company
Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 51

20 August 1945

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5549 119/0090348, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.45, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 36.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Moses Parr (1894-1945)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/659