PARKER, Gerald Stanley
| Service Number: | W237563 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 28 March 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | HQ Western Command |
| Born: | York, Western Australia, 6 March 1894 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Assurance Agent |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 6 August 1976, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 28 Mar 1940: | Enlisted W237563 | |
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| 27 Sep 1942: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, Area Staff | |
| 15 May 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, W237563, HQ Western Command |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Gerald was the second of five children of John William Parker (b1860 in York, WA) and first wife Geraldine Stephanie Monger (b1867 in York, WA). John (a Farmer) and Geraldine married in 1891 in York where they raised their family. Following Geraldine's death in 1899 John remarried (Ann Christina Todd; b1879 in Sydney NSW) and had a further six children.
Gerald was a Farmer in York, WA and served in the AIF in WWI - Private/Trooper (Service No:3539) with 10th Light Horse Regiment. Following his Discharge in 1919, Gerald returned to York and in 1920 married Minnie Geraldine Robinson (b1896 in Menzies, WA). Gerald was a Farmer in York before the couple moved to Jarrahdale in the late 1920s - where Gerald was a Farmer and Grazier. By the mid 1930s Gerald and his family had moved to perth, WA and Gerald worked as an Assurance Salesman. In March 1940 he enlisted in the ACMF (Private; Service No:W237563) and by 1942 was a Captain attached to Area Staff. Gerald was Discharged in 1945 and he and Minnie remained in Perth where he worked as an Assurance Agent/Area Manager. Gerald died in 1976 and Minnie in 1977.