Regimental number | 1579 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Port Adelaide, South Australia |
School | Marist Brothers Catholic College, Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Glanville Hotel, Glanville, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs C West, Glanville Hotel, Glanville, South Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 10th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/27/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
Place of burial | Hooge Crater Cemetery (Plot XIV, Row F, Grave No. 4), Zillebeke, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 60 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Charles PARKER and Christina WEST (formerly PARKER), Glanville Hotel, Glanville, South Australia. Native of Port Adelaide. Commemorated in Cheltenham Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia. Inscription on headstone reads: 'An Anzac'.~ |
Other details | War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, France, Belgium. Killed in action at Passchendaele, Belgium, 8 October 1917. |