No.5579, Private, Joe PARMENTER
Aged 21
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That means I can only record "most likely to be" in many cases for the civilian identity Joseph PARMENTER was born in 1881,(1st qtr 1881 Sudbury 4a:567) son of Elizabeth PARMENTER. His mother married Walter JOHNSON in 1883. 1881 census...Aged 3 months, he was at Factory Yard, Cavendish with his grandfather William PARMENTER {54} farm labourer; his grandmother Sarah [54]; aunt Julia PARMENTER [12]. All were born in Cavendish. 1891 census...Aged 10, he was next door to his grandparents, at Hardy's Yard, Cavendish, with his stepfather Walter JOHNSON [30] farm labourer born Pentlow, Essex; his mother Elizabeth JOHNSON; half sister Annie JOHNSON[7] and half brother Frank JOHNSON [3]. All except his stepfather born in Cavendish. 1901 census...Aged 20, he was a private in the Suffolk Regiment in Alderney. The family were still at Hardy's yard, with 2 new half sisters, Edith [8] and Eliza [2}] |
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He enlisted on 28th June 1900 in Sudbury and died at Elandsfontein when with 28th Mounted Infantry. His Queen's South Africa medal carries the clasps Orange Free State, Transvaal and South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902
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