John Harold PARKER

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PARKER, John Harold

Service Number:	268
Enlisted:	28 August 1914, Brighton, Tas.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 21 March 1894
Home Town:	Avoca, Northern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Store Assistant
Died:	Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 19 August 1916, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Courcelette British Cemetery Plot VIII, Row G, Grave No. 4. GONE FROM THE HUMBLE COTTAGE IN THE DELL FROM HOME SWEET HOME
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

28 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 268, 12th Infantry Battalion, Brighton, Tas.
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 268, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 268, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart

Great nephew of John Harold Parkerr

Private John Harold Parker was the older brother to my grandmother Bessie Parker from Avoca , Tasmania. Bessie parker was the mother to my late father John Charles Dillon and I am the eldest son of John Dillon, Michael Dillon.
My grandmother held onto to the framed portrait of her brother in her loungeroom in her residence at 30 Tucker Avenue , Port Melbourne. Bessie moved to Melbourne from Tasmania, where she later married my Grandfather, Charles Dillon who came to Australia from Ireland in 1922. She told the story about how her brother John enlisted at the outbreak of the First World War.
My Great Uncle served at Gallipoli in the infantry where he survived his time until the withdrawal of the ANZACs in December 1915. My grandmother explained that he did not wish to return to Australia because he wanted to stay with his mates. In this way, he served on the Western Front with the Australian Infantry division as part of the famous Battle of the Somme and then the Mouquet Farm Battle. He was killed around August 19 -22, 1916. I decided to follow up with his portrait as shown on your website, by providing the Australian War Memorial website with more of his details including the famous portrait.
Michael Dillon

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John W and Rose PARKER
Of Avoca, Tas.

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