PARKER, Theophilus Stanley
| Service Number: | 4877 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Druin, Victoria, Australia , 1888 |
| Home Town: | Richmond (Q), Richmond, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Wool Classer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 1 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Picardie IV H 8, Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Peronne, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4877, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
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| 28 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4877, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane | |
| 1 Feb 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 4877, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4877 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-02-01 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of Frederick and Jane PARKER
THEOPHILUS STANLEY PARKER who was killed in action in France on 1st February 1917 was the son of Mr. H. V. Parker. He was born in 1888 and was at the School in 1903.
On leaving School he went in for a country life, and was a wool classer in Queensland when war broke out.
He enlisted on 23rd September 1915, joining the 15th Battalion, and was in camp in Queensland. He embarked on 3rd March 1916 and was promoted to Sergeant. He was in camp in Egypt for nine weeks
and from there was sent to Salisbury Plain.
He was killed in the fighting near Bapaume, and his commanding officer wrote as follows: "Your brother fought gallantly and died doing his duty like the brave soldier he was. Had he been spared he would have gone far I feel sure. Only his ill-health and absence in
hospital had prevented his promotion as an N.C.O. up to the time of the action in which he lost his life, and I could ill afford to lose him." After disinterment he was re-buried in the Guards' Cemetery, Les Bouefs, 4; miles south-east of Bapaume.
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