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James Leslie Parsons

1895-1969

Unit

1st Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1633

About

Born in New Zealand

4 June 1895
Parent

Father

J. Parsons
Residence

Hometown

Waihi
Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

Waihi Gold Mining Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • Territorial Force

    New Zealand

    • World War I (1914-1918)

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    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 73

    21 May 1969

    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 120/0090464, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 6.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “James Leslie Parsons (1895-1969)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/660

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