LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class 1 Percy Francis PARBUTT
Service No: 17525
Born: Shifnal England, 23 December 1904
Enlisted in the RAAF: 26 August 1940 (at Perth WA)
Unit: No. 4 Recruit Depot, RAAF Station Pearce WA
Died: Injury, Subiaco WA, 13 September 1940, Aged 35 Years
Buried: Karrakatta War Cemetery, Perth WA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William and Mary Parbutt, of Leederville.
Roll of Honour: Perth WA
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Cenotaph Undercroft, State War Memorial, Kings Park WA
Aircraftman Class I Parbutt was found semi-conscious with a bullet wound to his head and a .22 rifle nearby at City Beach, Perth, on Saturday 7 September 1940 and was taken to a private hospital in Subiaco. He died the following Friday.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board (Perth) On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 17525
Trove (National Library of Australian) Various articles