Henry Griffith Parry was the eldest child of Bill and Alice Parry of Gosford, NSW. He was born in 1886 near Ballina on the north coast of NSW. He grew up in Gosford and worked as a farmer, nurseryman, shopkeeper before becoming General Manager of Gosford Quarries. He married Amy Margin in 1928 and they had one child. Henry died in 1971 aged 85. Amy died in 1996 aged 93.
Henry's story is shown right.