Raymond Horace PARKER

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PARKER, Raymond Horace

Service Numbers:	3410, Q201257
Enlisted:	18 December 1916, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, 30 August 1894
Home Town:	New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Natural causes (heart condition), Brisbane, Queensland, 1 September 1968, aged 74 years
Cemetery:	Albany Creek Cemetery Cremated 03 Sep 1968
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

18 Dec 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3410, Brisbane, Queensland
24 Jan 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3410, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3410, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney
17 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 42nd Infantry Battalion
30 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3410, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre, GSW (forearm)
26 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3410, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Merris (France), 2nd occasion (gas)
23 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 41st Infantry Battalion
19 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3410, 41st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at Brisbane - Cessation of hostilities

World War 2 Service

5 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Private, Q201257, 2nd (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Nundah, Queensland
5 Apr 1942:	Enlisted

Family Notices

The Brisbane Courier
Thursday 29 June 1922
Page 13
Wedding
A pretty evening wedding was solemnised at St. Colomb's Church, Clayfied on June 6, when Mr. Raymond H. Parker (son of Mrs. Parker, Elystan Road, New Farm, and the late Mr. Edwin Parker) was married to Miss Agnes B. Robinson (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Brereton Robinson, Corra Lynn, Hendra).

Submitted 10 April 2018 by Donna Laguna

Casualty List No. 413

The Queenslander
Saturday, 6 July 1918
Page 14
Wounded
Raymond Horace Parker, New Farm (2nd occurrence, gas)

Submitted 10 April 2018 by Donna Laguna

The Roll on Honour. Casualty List No. 394

The Brisbane Courier
Saturday 27 April 1918
Page 5
Wounded.
Acting Corporal Raymond Horace Parker, New Farm.

Submitted 10 April 2018 by Donna Laguna

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