John William PARSONS

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Service Number:	120
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st South Australian Mounted Rifles
Born:	Victor Harbor, South Australia, Australia, 1878
Home Town:	Victor Harbor, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Inman Valley High School
Occupation:	Farmer
Memorials:

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 120, 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles

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Twenty one months Yankalilla Mounted Rules, South Australia

Served as a Private with 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles in Boer War

Invalided to Australia June 1900.

Enlisted AIF March 1915 as a Major with C Squadron 11th Light Horse Regimen

Promoted Lieutenant Colonel August 1917

Awarded Distinguished Service Order and Mentioned in Despatches 1917.