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<record><rec_ID>44018</rec_ID><rec_RecTypeID>10</rec_RecTypeID><rec_Title>Parnell, Thomas</rec_Title><rec_URL/><rec_ScratchPad/><rec_OwnerUGrpID>1</rec_OwnerUGrpID><rec_NonOwnerVisibility>public</rec_NonOwnerVisibility><rec_URLLastVerified/><rec_URLErrorMessage/><rec_Added>2016-06-07 16:20:33</rec_Added><rec_Modified>2021-03-02 15:50:19</rec_Modified><rec_AddedByUGrpID>15</rec_AddedByUGrpID><rec_Hash/><rec_FlagTemporary>0</rec_FlagTemporary><details><item1><item781727>Parnell</item781727></item1><item3><item781728>Note from Report  Board of Faculties 29/1/1916 "...but his designs for a safety cath(sic) for bombs have been favourably considered by the Defence Authorities and forwarded to the War Office". UQ Archives file WQA S279

Commissioned in May 1918, he was appointed to Australian Corps headquarters as gas officer: his duties included defusing unexploded gas-shells. Lieutenant Parnell returned to Brisbane and was demobilized on 5 May 1919. 
He refunded £437 'excess salary' paid by the university, asking that it be used to help ex-servicemen to undertake tertiary studies. From ADB</item781728></item3><item18><item781729>Thomas</item781729></item18><item20><item781730>414</item781730></item20><item39><item781731><file><ulf_ID>12407</ulf_ID><fullPath>file_uploads/ulf_12407_Parnell, Thomas UQA .jpg</fullPath><ulf_ExternalFileReference/><fxm_MimeType>image/jpeg</fxm_MimeType><ulf_PreferredSource>local</ulf_PreferredSource><ulf_OrigFileName>Parnell, Thomas UQA .jpg</ulf_OrigFileName><ulf_FileSizeKB>574</ulf_FileSizeKB><ulf_ObfuscatedFileID>defd1659f2f1301b5a52e948122819287f9525a4</ulf_ObfuscatedFileID><ulf_Description/><ulf_Added>2016-10-06 14:51:41</ulf_Added><ulf_MimeExt>jpg</ulf_MimeExt><ulf_Caption/><ulf_Copyright/><ulf_Copyowner/><ulf_Parameters>mediatype=image</ulf_Parameters><ulf_WhoCanView/></file><fileid>defd1659f2f1301b5a52e948122819287f9525a4</fileid></item781731></item39><item72><item781732>T.</item781732></item72><item74><item781733>11344</item781733></item74><item79><item781734><id>44022</id><type>24</type><title>Parnell T. : Military and health.Enlisted 29 Jan 1917</title><hhash/></item781734><item781735><id>44023</id><type>24</type><title>Parnell T. : Specific terms.Embarked 21 Jun 1917</title><hhash/></item781735><item781736><id>44025</id><type>24</type><title>Parnell T. : Military and health.Returned to Australia 6 Apr 1919</title><hhash/></item781736><item781737><id>67580</id><type>24</type><title>Parnell T. : Relationships.Married 10 Mar 1913</title><hhash/></item781737></item79><item88><item781738><id>44024</id><type>29</type><title>Parnell T. : Military and health.Served: Lieutenant 1917 - 1919</title><hhash/></item781738></item88><item95><item781739><id>57693</id><type>33</type><title>Parnell T. : Death 1 Sep 1948 @ Indooroopilly [ QLD Australia ]</title><hhash/></item781739></item95><item102><item781740><id>44020</id><type>27</type><title>Parnell T. : Arts.M.A., 1907, University of Cambridge</title><hhash/></item781740><item781741><id>44021</id><type>27</type><title>Parnell T. : Arts.M.A., 1911, University of Queensland</title><hhash/></item781741><item781742><id>57692</id><type>27</type><title>Parnell T. : Arts.B.A., 1903, University of Cambridge</title><hhash/></item781742></item102><item103><item781743><id>44019</id><type>24</type><title>Parnell T. : Life.Birth 15 Jul 1881 - @ West Haddon [ Northamptonshire UK ]</title><hhash/></item781743></item103><item104><item781744>http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/270204</item781744></item104><item112><item781745>531</item781745></item112><item119><item781746>UQ degree awarded Ad Eundem Gradum
Image - UQA</item781746></item119><item134><item781747>Melbourne University Roll of Active Service
PARNELL, THOMAS.
Tutor of Trinity 1904-1911; M.A. Cantab.; Professor of Physics, Univ. of Queensland since 1912.
A.F.A., Gunner 29.1.17; 6th Bty. 17.10.17; Corps Troops Gas Officer 7.5.18, 2/Lt.; Lieut. 7.8.18; 4th Div. Gas Officer 21.10.18. Demob. 5.5.19.</item781747></item134><item148><item781748>531</item781748></item148><item151><item781749><id>57838</id><type>37</type><title>Parnell T. : Chair of Physics 1 Jan 1919 - 1 Sep 1948 University of Queensland @ University of Queensland : St Lucia [ Brisbane, QLD Australia ]</title><hhash/></item781749><item781750><id>58678</id><type>37</type><title>Parnell T. : Lecturer in Physics 1 Apr 1911 - 1918 University of Queensland @ University of Queensland : St Lucia [ Brisbane, QLD Australia ]</title><hhash/></item781750><item781751><id>58679</id><type>37</type><title>Parnell T. : Lecturer and Tutor 1903 - 1911 Trinity College, University of Melbourne @ University of Melbourne : Parkville [ VIC Australia ]</title><hhash/></item781751></item151><item196><item781752>4707</item781752><item781753>4706</item781753><item781754>5418</item781754></item196><item259><item781755><id>57839</id><type>69</type><title>Parnell, Thomas : Royal Society of Queensland</title><hhash/></item781755><item781756><id>57840</id><type>69</type><title>Parnell, Thomas : Australia &amp; NZ Association for the Advancement of Science</title><hhash/></item781756></item259><item263><item781757>6095</item781757></item263><item14058><item1276847>8970</item1276847></item14058></details></record>
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