William Henry PARKER

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Service Number:	4222
Enlisted:	10 March 1915, Enlisted Melbourne March 1915; allocated to 10th Reinforcement’s for 23rd Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria on 7th March 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Monbulk, Yarra Ranges, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tree Feller
Died:	8 March 1927, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Buried 10 March 1927
Memorials:

10 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4222, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Melbourne March 1915; allocated to 10th Reinforcement’s for 23rd Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria on 7th March 1916
7 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4222, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4222, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
20 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, Allocated to reinforce 59th Battalion in the field Egypt from reinforcement’s 23rd Battalion Australia
23 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Miscellaneous Hospitals - WW1, Transferred to 8th Field Ambulance Egypt and then to VDH Bulford UK Veneral treatment till 13th July 1917
7 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 38th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the 38th Battalion in the field France ex 5th Division Signals School Codford and 15th Training Battalion UK
29 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4222, 38th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Gassed mustard shell severe
2 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4222, 38th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment

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Late of Monbulk 1915-1917

West Melbourne 1918

Sandringham 1919

Application for War Service Home at Carlton 1922