Charles Albert PARKER

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PARKER, Charles Albert

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
Born:	Yorkshire, England, 1854
Home Town:	Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Charter House, London, England
Occupation:	Gentleman, Soldier, Grazier
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 29 September 1939, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Southport General Cemetery, Gold Coast Plot: M01/162
Memorials:

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Lieutenant, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Captain, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
10 Aug 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901.
19 May 1902:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 530 notes 7th BACH embarked at Pinkenba 19 May 1902 aboard Custodian arriving Durban 22 Jun 1902 after peace had been declared.
9 Aug 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 530 notes 7th BACH embarked at Durban 28 Jun 1902 aboard Manchester Merchant returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 2 Aug 1902, disbanded 9 Aug 1902.

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Charles Albert Parker served twice in the South African (Boer) War, first as a Lieutenant in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, second as a Captain in the 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse.

He was born in 1854 at Yorkshire, England, a sone to Henry Stephen Parker and Martha Parker (nee Knightley) and was educated at Charter House near London. He pursued a military career in England and was a member of the Household Cavalry during Queen Victoria's reign. He resigned his commission and emigrated to Queensland in 1889. Following his return from the war he settled his family in the Warwick area pursuing grazing interests later relocating to Southport. He was predeceased by his wife and 3 children.

(sources- Obituary: Late Captain C. A. Parker, South Coast Bulletin, 6 Oct 1939, p. 3; Death of Well Known Southport Resident, The Telegraph (Brisbane), 3 Oct 1939, p. 7)

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