PARKES, Spencer
| Service Number: | 2220 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Hanley, Staffordshire, England, December 1875 |
| Home Town: | Wentworthville, Holroyd, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Builder |
| Died: | Hit by shell, Belgium, 1st Passchendaele - Passchendaele ridge, France, 13 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blacktown War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2220, 25th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2220, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2220, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 7 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 13 Oct 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 2220, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2220 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-13 |
Spencer Parkes
Before enlistment Spencer Parkes Lived in Wentworth N.S.W but had been born in Hanley, Staffordshire, England.
Spencer Parkes' wife was Alice Maude Parkes who lived in Wentworth and together they had three children.
Spencer Parkes was 39 when he enlisted at Blacktown on 08 Mar 1916. He embarked on 22 Aug 1916 aboard HMAT Wiltshire from Sydney, and served with the 45th Infantry Battalion on the Western front.
It is believed that Spencer Parkes is a brother of Sgt. Sidney Parkes.
Corporal Parkes is remembered at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres Belgium, the Blacktown soldier Memorial, Riverstone Public School Roll of Honour, Wentworth Memorial Park Honour Roll and the Wentworthville School of Arts Roll of Honour.
Submitted 15 November 2016 by Cheryl Kersivien
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