Hubert Stanley Wyborn PARKER DSO, MID*

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PARKER, Hubert Stanley Wyborn

Service Numbers:	W237401, WX11028
Enlisted:	16 August 1914
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit:	6th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	PERTH, WA, 16 October 1883
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Barrister and Solicitor
Died:	Mosman Park, Western Australia, 26 July 1966, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
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World War 1 Service

16 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Divisional Artillery HQ
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Lieutenant, Divisional Artillery HQ, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Lieutenant, Divisional Artillery HQ, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
24 Oct 1918:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 165 (24 October 1918).
23 May 1919:	Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, The Battle of Amiens, Morlancourt, 8th August 1918 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 61 Date: 23 May 1919
23 May 1919:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 61 (23 May 1919).
9 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Major, 6th Field Artillery Brigade

World War 2 Service

20 Dec 1939:	Enlisted W237401
14 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, WX11028

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From AWM

Captain Hubert Stanley Wyborn Parker.
A 31 year old from Perth, Western Australia when he joined the AIF on 16 August 1914, he embarked for overseas as a Lieutenant with the Headquarters Divisional Artillery from Melbourne on 20 October 1914 aboard HMAT Shropshire (A9). While serving at Gallipoli, he was promoted to Captain on 20 July 1915. After returning to Egypt in January 1916, he transferred to the Camel Corps and then five months later to the 15th Field Artillery Brigade. He was promoted to Major in June 1916 and then proceeded to France where he joined the 25th Field Artillery Brigade. In June 1917, he was appointed to command the 16th Battery of the 5th Brigade Australian Field Artillery and was wounded in action on 29 September 1917. Following evacuation to England for medical treatment, he returned to France in January 1918 and joined the 6th Brigade Australian Field Artillery. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for bravery during operations near Morlancourt, France in September 1918 and was Mentioned in Despatches on two separate occasions.

Major Parker arrived back in Australia on 18 April 1919. He also served in the Second World War from February 1941 to January 1942 and was made Honorary Lieutenant Colonel.

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