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PARKES, Sydney Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 144, 188 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 September 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 6th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Straffordshire, England, 1 January 1879 |
| Home Town: | Waitara, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Balmain Superior School |
| Occupation: | Wool classer/Chemist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 24 May 1915, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli II D 5 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hornsby War Memorial |
Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Sergeant, 144, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
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World War 1 Service
| 10 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 188, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 188, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 188, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 24 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 188, 6th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
Personal Stories
Sid.
Harold Begg Cashman's wife Eve writes in My Recollections..
When the Great War commenced in 1914 my uncle Sid, who fought in the Boer War, enlisted in the 6th Light Horse regiment.
Uncle Sid use to come and see us and called Miriam and I his two wives. When he was leaving the house Miriam and I would sit at the window and he would say.."Watch me run like 14 devils down the track and through the bush".
Submitted 28 July 2016 by Mark Tucker
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Ebenezer and Matilda PARKES.
Also known as "Sidney"
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