Arthur Benjamin PARKER

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PARKER, Arthur Benjamin

Service Numbers:	1610, W36563
Enlisted:	27 December 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Employment Company
Born:	Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, 1876
Home Town:	Maylands, Bayswater, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Lung cancer, Pneumonia, Perth, Western Australia, 12 April 1945
Cemetery:	Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia Section S, Row C, No. 16,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

27 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1610, 11th Infantry Battalion
22 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1610, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle
22 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1610, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
20 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1610, 11th Infantry Battalion, GSW, hand, France
20 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Australian Employment Company

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement W36563
28 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W36563

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Biography contributed by Cherilyn McMeekin

Arthur enlisted in WWII as a cook (W36563), falsely giving his year of birth as 1890. He was actually born in Glamorgan, Wales in 1876.

Arthur married Jane BILLINGTON in Preston, Lancashire in 1900. They had seven children. He enlisted in WWI in Blackboy Hill WA in December 1914, giving his age as 41 and his next of kin as wife Jane in Preston.

Jane and the children eventually joined him in WA and they settled in the inner Perth suburb of Maylands.

Three sons also served. Arthur died in 1945 and was interred in Perth War Cemetery, Karrakatta.

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