Lifton Villiers PARKES

Badge Number: S2477, Sub Branch: Barmera
S2477

PARKES, Lifton Villiers

Service Numbers: 172, l5306, S9
Enlisted: 18 February 1915
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 27th Infantry Battalion
Born: Mount Gambier, South Australia, 31 December 1895
Home Town: Waikerie, Loxton Waikerie, South Australia
Schooling: Unley Public School and Unley High School
Occupation: Orchardist
Died: Barmera, South Australia, 26 January 1966, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Barmera (Upper Murray) Garden of Memory Cemetery
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Peacetime

18 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1

World War 1 Service

31 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 172, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 172, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, l5306, 27th Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

25 Jun 1940: Enlisted Wayville, SA

World War 1 Service

Date unknown: Wounded 172, 27th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown: Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

World War 2 Service

Date unknown: Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, S9, 25/33 Garrison Battalion (SA) , Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Son of James Alfred PARKES and Sarah Lucy nee BARROWS