PARKER, William
| Service Number: | 5436 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 November 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Devon, England, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Wilcannia, Central Darling, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Pneumonia, France, 28 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lower North Adelaide War Memorial WW1, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll, Wilcannia War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5436, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5436, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5436, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
| 8 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-02-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"THE LATE SERGEANT W. PARKER.
Sergeant W. Parker, owner of Mena Murtee and Mulurulin stations, New South Wales, and son of Mrs. G. Parker, Tordown, New South Wales, died in France on February 28. He was 38 years of age, and well known in pastoral circles in New South Wales and South Australia. He left for the front with a battalion from this State, and saw active service with the Australian troops at the western front. Mr. Parker was a lover of horse-flesh, and ran horses at race meetings in Adelaide, Broken Hill, and at smaller centres. It is worthy of note that, accompanied by nine of his station hands from Mena Murtee, he travelled to Adelaide from 130 miles the other side of Broken Hill to enlist. Mr. Parker was of magnificent physique, and the 10 volunteers from "outback" constituted a splendid array of Australian manhood. He was president of the Darling Empire League, which existed to raise money for wounded soldiers, and he made several generous donations to patriotic efforts. A younger brother, Corporal H. T. Parker, was killed in action in France in June last, and another brother, Lance-Corporal J. Parker, is now in camp in Adelaide." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 17 Mar 1917 (nla.gov.au)
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