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PARKER, Norman Stanley Henry

Service Numbers:	1171, 2133
Enlisted:	18 September 1914, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Broadford, Mitchell, Victoria
Schooling:	Buln Buln State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Nursery labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 21 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 7), Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broadford Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour, Broadford War Memorial, Little River Methodist Church HR, Little River Pictorial Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Werribee Shire Great War Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

18 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1171, 6th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1171, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1171, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1171, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to face. Evacuated to Egypt. Rejoined unit 10 July 1915.
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2133, 6th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Lone Pine
2 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2133, 6th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, GSW to right leg sustained near Flers. Evacuated to UK. Rejoined unit 7 July 1917.
21 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2133, 6th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, Killed in action
21 Sep 1917:	Involvement Private, 2133, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2133 awm_unit: 6th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-21

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