David PARKES

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Service Number:	774
Enlisted:	22 September 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 21 October 1893
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Leichhardt Street State School, Brisbane, Queensland
Occupation:	Drover
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 9 May 1915, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 48, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

22 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 774, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 774, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 774, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
9 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 774, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 774 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-09

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Birth name registered as David William Parkes

Son of William Parkes and Margaret Brown formerly Parkes nee Moss. Brother of Albert Edward Parkes, Florence Parkes and Ruby Margaret Parkes

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal