PARKHOUSE, Devon
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | Medical Officers |
| Born: | Henley Beach, South Australia, July 1983 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Grange School and University of Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
| Died: | 23 June 1973, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide University of Adelaide WW1 Honour Roll, Grange Public School Roll of Honor, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board, Woodville Saint Margaret's Anglican Church Lych Gate |
World War 1 Service
| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Captain, Medical Officers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Captain, Medical Officers, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne |
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PARKHOUSE Devon, MB BS
1883-1973
Devon Parkhouse was born at Henley Beach, South Australia in 1883 and Baptised on 22nd July 1883. He was son of Thomas Anstey Parkhouse and his wife Elizabeth Sarah Harper, nee Beck. He was educated at the Grange School and studied medicine at the University of Adelaide. He received the Dr Davies Thomas scholarship 1905 when he was in third year and graduated in 1907. He completed his residency at the Adelaide Hospital in 1908-09. He entered general practice in Woodville SA in 1912 with Christopher Bollen. He visited England and the USA in 1914; this included a visit to Belgium before the German invasion. He returned to Australia in December 1914.
Parkhouse volunteered for the AIF in March 1917 as a single 33 year old Medical Practitioner of Woodville. His father of Belmore Terrace, Woodville was nominated as his next of kin. He embarked from Melbourne on the Ascanius in May 1917, and landed at Devonport in July and was attached to the AAMC Trg Depot at Parkhouse for a month before being sent to France. He was first attached to 3 AGH at Abbeville and then in September posted to 4 FdAmb at the height of the Third Battle of Ypres. He was detached for short periods to 16 Bn and to 4 FdAmb Bn. He was transferred to 2 AGH at Wimereux in May 1918, and served there until March 1919 when he was briefly attached to 3 AGH once again. He returned to England in May 1919 and sailed for Australia the same month. His appointment was terminated on the 29th July 1919 and he was issued with the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
He returned to his practice in Woodville, but withdrew from his partnership in 1920 due to ill health. He later settled at 12 Gloucester Street, Prospect South Australia. Devon Parkhouse died on 23rd June 1973.
Source
Blood, Sweat and Fears: Medical Practitioners and Medical Students of South Australia, who Served in World War 1.
Verco, Summers, Swain, Jelly. Open Books Howden, Adelaide 2014.
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