Frederick Octavius Parle
(Confirmed)
Born: 8 August, 1895
Died: 9 October, 1963
Biographical Summary:
Awarded the Military Medal:
"On the 1st October 1917 at Hooge near Ypres this Btty, position was heavily shelled for a considerable time and suffered a considerable number of casualties; amongst others the Medical Orderly. This man with the greatest disregard for his personal safety and in the face of the shelling attended to the wounded, dressing their wounds and bringing them into safety. His conduct which was of greatest value undoubtedly saved lives and had a very valuable effect on the personnel as a whole."
An extract from Second Supplement to the London Gazette dated 11th September, 1917.
Recorded Names:
Service Number: 26395
Ranks:
Birth Records:
Life Events:
- Awarded MM
- Enlisted at Marrickville, NSW, Australia
- Embarked from Sydney on the HMAT Mashobra
- Recommended: Military Medal
- Awarded: Military Medal
Address:
Relationships:
- brother - Septimus Charles Parle
- mother - Parle Elizabeth
- mother - Elizabeth Jane McCoy
- father - James Parle
Organisations:
- Member of - 16th Battery 6th Field Artillery Brigade,
- Member of - ,,
- Member of - 16th Field Artillery Brigade
Main Sources:
- PARLE Frederick Octavius Service Number 26395 Place of Birth Millers Point NSW Place of Enlistment Marrickville NSW Next of Kin Mother PARLE Elizabeth (Item)
- Discovering Anzacs Frederick Octavius Parle (Webpage)
- First World War Embarkation Roll Frederick Octavus Parle (Webpage)
- Honours and Awards Frederick Octavius Parle (Webpage)
- Honours and Awards Frederick Octavus Parle (Webpage)
- World War Two Nominal Roll (Webpage)
- PARLE FREDERICK OCTAVIUS Service Number 32812 Date of birth 08 Aug 1895 Place of birth SYDNEY NSW Place of enlistment SYDNEY Next of Kin PARLE LETITIA (NAA File)
- ANOTHER LONG LIST OF AIF CASUALTIES Toll of Wounded Heavy But Dead and Missing Comparatively Few (Newspaper Article)
- ANOTHER LONG LIST OF AIF CASUALTIES ILL (Newspaper Article)
- FROM FRANCE ARRIVAL OF ANZACS AND INVALIDS NEW YEAR’S EVE RECEPTION (Newspaper Article)
- SOCIAL NEWS AND GOSSIP (Newspaper Article)
- WEDDING (Newspaper Article)
Commemorations:
- PARLE F. O. on the North Face of the
- Parle on the Mosman Public School Roll of Honour