Lieutenant (later Major) Frederick Parbury

Ancestor Details

Name of Ancestor: Frederick Nigel Parbury

Ancestor's date of birth: 13/05/1879

Ancestor's date of death: 09/05/1915

Cause of Death: German shell hitting his observation post at La Bassee, France

Service and Life Before the Boer War: Career soldier. October 1899, joined NSW Regiment of Royal Australian Artillery. May 1900 took up the offer of a commission in the Royal Field Artillery, joined 114th Battery at Colchester UK in January 1901, resigning his NSW Regiment commission at the same time.

Service Number: Officer - no number

Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Sydney

Unit: 20 Bty Royal Field Artillery

Rank attained in Boer War: LT, Date Effective: 01/12/1901

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): MAJ, Date Effective: 01/01/1915

Murray Page: Not applicable, did not serve in an Australian unit

Contingent: Not applicable

Ship: Not known

Memorial details: Detail not provided.

Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen's South Africa medal with five clasps. 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.

Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided.

Reasons to go and fight: Career soldier.

Details of service in war: From September 1901, served with 20th Battery in South Africa, won the Queen's South Africa Medal with five clasps.

Service and life after the Boer War: Served with RFA in India from 1905, at Dinapore, Lucknow, then Bareilly from 1913. Promoted to Captain 1911. September 1914, sailed for England to serve on the Western Front; killed 9 May 1915 at La Bassee when a German shell exploded in his observation post.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Anthony Nigel Parbury, Campsie NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson

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