PARKER, Leonard
| Service Number: | 2280 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 26 March 1915, As AKA George Sims |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ringwood, Victoria, Australia, February 1893 |
| Home Town: | Collingwood, Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Accidental Asphyxia, from coal gas burner, Abbey Hotel, Westminster Bridge Road, London, England., 22 October 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Streatham Park Cemetery Row I, Grave No. 6574 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2280, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2280, 8th Infantry Battalion, As AKA George Sims | |
| 17 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2280, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2280, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne |
Help us honour Leonard Parker's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Rankin
He served under the alias of George Sims.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 22nd October…… Leonard Parker was born around 1893 to parents Philip & Mary Ann Parker (nee Turnbull).
His mother – Mary Ann Parker died on 8th October, 1895 at Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia.
Leonard Parker enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) in Melbourne, Victoria on 26th March, 1915 under the name of "George Sims". He stated he was a 22 year old, single, Labourer.
On 17th June, 1915 Private “George Sims”, service number 2280, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Wandilla (A62) on 17th June, 1915 with the 8th Infantry Battalion, 6th Reinforcements.
He joined 8th Battalion at Anzac on 6th August, 1915 from 6th Reinforcements.
Private “Sims” reported sick on 19th August, 1915. He was admitted to No. 2 Field Ambulance Dressing Station on 19th August, 1915 with Diarrhoea. Private “Sims” was transferred to Casualty Clearing Station at Anzac then transferred to 25th Casualty Clearing Station at Imbros. He was transferred to Camp Commandant at Imbros on 20th August, 1915 then was transferred on 8th September, 1915 to Hospital. Private “Sims” embarked from Mudros on 18th September, 1915 for England on Hospital Ship Aquitania.
On 26th September, 1915 Private “Sims” was admitted to 5th Southern General Hospital, Portsmouth, England.
Private “George Sims” died on 22nd October, 1915 at Abbey Hotel, Westminster Bridge Road, London, England.
A Coroner’s Court was held at Lambeth, London, England on 27th October, 1915 where the Jury returned a verdict of “Asphyxia from Coal Gas poisoning caused by accidentally turning a gas burner on after extinguishing the light accidental.” The inquest was attended by Lieutenant-Colonel H. W. Lee of the Australian Imperial Force.
(Note: The Report of Death of a Soldier – Army Form B.2090 recorded the cause of death as “Suicide”. There is no date on the form).
He was buried in Streatham Park Cemetery, Greater London, England & is commemorated on the CWGC Screen Wall and now has a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/streatham-park.html
Click images to start slideshow.