Samuel PARKER

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Service Number:	2756
Enlisted:	16 August 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Clermont, Queensland, 26 May 1873
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station hand/Racehorse trainer
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 3 September 1916, aged 43 years
Cemetery:	Pozières British Cemetery Pozieres British Cemetery Ovillers-La Boisselle, Pozieres, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Capella Memorial Plaque, Geraldton District Great War Honour Roll, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

16 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2756, 28th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2756, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2756, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle
3 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2756, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2756 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-03

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