PARKER, Gerald Stanley
| Service Number: | 3539 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 April 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | York, Western Australia, 6 March 1894 |
| Home Town: | York, York, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 6 August 1976, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | York District Great War Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 3539, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 9 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 3539, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 3539, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Commonwealth, Fremantle | |
| 12 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3539, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 24 Jul 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3539, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ex Kantara per HT Euripides |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Gerald was the second of five children of John William Palmer (b1860 in York, WA) and first wife Gertrude Stephanie Monger (b1867 in York, WA). John (a Farmer) and Gertrude married in 1891 in York WA where they raised their family. Following Gertrude's death in 1899, John remarried (Ann Christina Todd; b1879 in Sydney, NSW) in 1901 and had a further six children.
Gerald was a Farmer in York, WA when he enlisted in the AIF in April 1917. He served as a Private/Trooper (Service No:3539) with 10th Light Horse Regiment in Egypt and was Discharged in July 1919.
Returning to York, WA Gerald married Minnie Geraldine Robinson (b1896 in Menzies WA) in August 1920. The couple were in York before moving to Jarrahdale in the late 1920's where Gerald was a Farmer and Grazier. In the 1903s they moved to Maylands in Perth where Gerald worked as an Assurane Salesman.
Gerald served with the ACMF in WWII (Captain; Service No:W237563). He and Minnie settled in Perth where Gerald worked as an Assurance Officer and Area Manager. He died in 1976 and Minnie in 1977.