PARKER, Reginald Howard
| Service Numbers: | 2240, N435839 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, 21 January 1898 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tent Cutter |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 27 September 1963, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Carcoar Cemetery New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2240, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2240, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2240, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney | |
| 2 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2240, 56th Infantry Battalion, GSW (face): Boulogne, France | |
| 2 Jan 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2240, 56th Infantry Battalion, per HT Berrima |
Vietnam War Service
| 1 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2240, 56th Infantry Battalion |
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World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2240, 56th Infantry Battalion |
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World War 2 Service
| 14 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), N435839, ACMF: Staff Sergeant;5 Australian Field Baking Coy | |
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| 5 Nov 1945: | Discharged N435839, ACMF: Staff Sergeant, 5 Australian Field Baking Coy |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Reginald was the youngest of six children of George William Parker (born 1855 in Derbyshire, England) and Elizabeth Sheard (born 1958 in Yorkshire, England). George was a Mining Engineer when he married Elizabeth in 1887 in Derbyshire, and they settled in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire until 1899 when Elizabeth divorced George and retained custody of the children. Elizabeth and some of the children lived with her parents, and Reg and his other siblings boarded at a Children's Home.
Reg was eleven years of age when he upped his age to 14 years and was indentured as an Apprentice in the Merchant Nay in 1909. He was an Apprentice on board the Port Philip in 1912 when he deserted ship in Sydney, NSW. Reg worked as a Tent Cutter in Sydney and enlisted in the AIF in March 1916. He served as a Private (Service No:2240) with 56th Infantry Battalion, and was WiA at Boulogne, France in April 1917 (GSW to face). Reg was Discharged in January 1920. Older brother William (Service No:13299) and Brother-in-Law Charles Neville Crawshaw MC (Captain, Regimental No:18532) also served in WWI.
Reg then served in WWII with the ACMF (Staff Sergeant, Service No:N435839), enlisting in September 1942. He was attached to 5 Australian Field Baking Coy when he was Discharged in November 1945).
In 1923 in Sydney, NSW Reg married Muriel Merlene Clark (born 1901 in Carcoar, NSW) and they settled in Paddington where Reg worked as a Picture Showman through the 1930s - with a brief stint as Picture Showman at Carcoar, NSW in 1932. Following his service with the ACMF in WWII, Reg and Muriel remained in Parramatta, Sydney, NSW and Reg worked as a Crane Driver until his death in 1965. Muriel died in 1977 and they are both buried at Carcoar Cemetery.