PARKES, Joseph Henry
| Service Number: | 2348 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 March 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 4th Division Heavy and Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF |
| Born: | Cross Roads, Moonta, South Australia, 21 March 1897 |
| Home Town: | Blinman, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Blinman Public School |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave. His name is located at panel 20 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT., Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blinman & District WW1 Roll of Honor, Blinman Boer War, WW1 & WW2 Honour Rolls, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 10 Jun 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 2348, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Persia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' |
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| 10 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2348, 12th Infantry Battalion, RMS Persia, Melbourne | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 2348, 4th Division Heavy and Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2348 awm_unit: 4th Division Heavy and Medium Trench Mortar Battery Field Artillery awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 |
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Father Joseph Parkes and Mother Laura Parkes (nee Cross)
living at Blinman, South Australia.
(3/10/1916 - Mother advised of her change of address to Quorn;
20/7/1920 - Mother advised - father Joseph Parkes is living in Broken Hill, NSW).
2/11/1922 - Mother advised husband had left her 12 months prior and may have died in
Sydney, as she never heard from him again. Mother has returned to Moonta, SA).
On enlisting Joseph lived at Moonta, South Australia.
Previous service: 81st Infantry
Described on enlisting as 21 years old; single; 5' 7" tall; 158 lbs; sallow complexion; blue eyes;
brown hair; Methodist
31/3/1915 Enlisted at Keswick, South Australia
completed medical at Keswick, fit for service
31/3/1915 Commanding Officer appointed Joseph to F Company Base Depot Infantry
Mitcham Camp
16/4/1915 Commanding Officer appointed Joseph to 7th reinforcements, 12th Infantry
10/6/1915 Embarked from Melbourne on board RMS Persia
(The RMS Persia of the Pando Line was torpedoed in December 1915 by a German U-38 when 325 people were killed.)
5/9/1915 taken on strength - Gallipoli
6/1/1916 Disembarked off of HMT Lake Michigan, into Alexandria, Egypt
1/3/1916 transferred to 52nd Battalion, Railhead
14/3/1916 taken on strength to 24th Howitzer Brigade as a Gunner, Tel-El-Kebir, Egypt
19/4/1916 taken on strength to 4th Division Artillery Column, Serapeum
26/5/1916 transferred to Artillery Training Depot, Tel-El-Kebir, Egypt
7/6/1916 Embarked overseas on board HMT Ionian, ex Alexandria, Egypt, for France
7/7/1916 taken on strength to 4th Division Artillery Column, France
27/7/1916 transferred to 4th Division Heavy & Medium Trench Mortar Battery
30/7/1916 taken on strength to V4 Artillery Brigade
3/5/1917 Killed in action by a shell
buried in: no known grave
Commemorated at Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France; and
Gunner Parkes' name is located at panel 20 in the Commemorative Area (www.awm.gov.au) at the Australian War
Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
noted by the Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Bureau:
Medals:
WWI 1914-15 Star (6121); British War medal (14225), Victory medal (14168)
Memorial Plaque and Memorial Scroll (335670).
Birth details: 1842 - 1906 Book: 601 Page: 28 District: Dal.
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 25/11/2014. Lest we forget.
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