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History: DONOR FOUND AMONGST FATHER'S PERSONAL EFFECTS. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON HENRY ROBERT PARSONS, FATHER OF THE DONOR, WAS FOUND IN HIS ATTESTATION PAPERS AND A TRIBUTE ARTICLE FROM THE JANUARY 8, 1948 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. PARSONS WAS BORN IN EAST SUSSEX, ENGLAND ON JANUARY 22, 1890. AFTER HIS IMMIGRATION TO CANADA, PARSONS ENLISTED WITH THE CEF IN CALGARY ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1915. AFTER THE WAR PARSONS WORKED AS A LETHBRIDGE CITY CLERK WITH THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT FOR 36 YEARS, AND PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 4, 1948. FOR HARDCOPIES OF PARSONS SR.'S MILITARY PAPERS AND OBITUARY, SEE PERMANENT FILE.