Jabez Thomas Parish

Service number: 1048

Rank: Driver

Unit: 18th Battalion

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Source: National Archives of Australia

Jabez Thomas was born near Crewe, Cheshire, England in 1878. He was a plumber, with a wife in England.

He enlisted on 4 May 1915 and served with the 4th Field Company Engineers as a Driver. He embarked on 25 June 1915. He was wounded in the arm and face on 6 December 1916. He contracted chronic bronchitis, and was returned to Australia on 4 December 1918. He later lived at Freshwater.

The photograph is miscaptioned J E Parish.