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Arthur Edward PARKES

Regimental number3127
Place of birthBuninyong, Victoria
True NameRENNIE, Edwin Arthur
SchoolColac High School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationMotor mechanic
AddressMurray Street, Carlton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 5"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFather, F Parkes, Murray Street, Carlton, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed for years in the Cadets, Area 72C.
Enlistment date15 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 17), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
166
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Step-Father Frank and Mother Maude PARKES, Murray Street, Colac, Victoria
Family/military connectionsStep-Brother: Captain Percy George Rupert PARKES MC & Bar, 23rd Bn, returned to Australia, 13 April 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, 7th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 7 January 1916.

Transferred to 59th Bn, 24 February 1916, and taken on strength,

Transferred to 58th Bn, 15 March 1916, and taken on strength.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Admitted to 8th Field Ambulance, 16 November 1916 (pyrexia, unknown origin); rejoined Bn, in the field, 16 December 1916.

Wounded in action, 26 March 1917 (gun shot wound, right thigh); admitted to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, 27 March 1917; transferred to Ambulance Train, 29 March 1917, and admitted to 5th General Hospital, Rouen, 30 March 1917; transferred to England, 17 April 1917, and admitted to Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley (fracture, right thigh); transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 25 May 1917; discharged on furlough, 6 June 1917, to report to No 4 Command Depot, Wareham, 21 June 1917.

Admitted to No 3 New Zealand General Hospital, Codford, 5 August 1917 (sore throat); marched in to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, from hospital, 29 August 1917.

Admitted to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 1 September 1917 (nastitis, breast); discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 26 September 1917.

Marched out to Overseas Training Brigade, Longbridge Deverill, 18 October 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 23 November 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 11 December 1917.

Killed in action, 9 August 1918.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSurname entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as PARKER.
SourcesNAA: B2455, PARKES Arthur Edward

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