Lionel Eustace Parkinson

PARKINSON, Lionel Eustace - WW1 24/1158 - Army Born - 25 February 1897 in Opotiki. Ocupation - Labourer. Next of kin - B Parkinson (brother), Blacksmith, Opotiki. Description - 5 foot 11.5 inches.

                      12 stone.

                       chest min. 35" max. 41".

                       complexion, just clear.

                       eyes grey.

                       hair brown.

                       R. Catholic.

                       On inner side of left calf at middle a leaf shaped scar 3/4" x 2" long.

                       Fit. 24 April 1915. Death - 12 October 1917. Age 20. Ypres, Belgium  Cause of death - Killed in Action. Memorial name - Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Rifleman in NZRB, file number 24/1158. Son of Edmund Albert and Mary Ann Parkinson, of 180, Balmoral Rd., Mount Eden, Auckland.

Sources

1. New Zealand and World War One Roll of Honour: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sooty/genealogy/nzefrohP.html / Ref 13.4.2021