Charles Arthur PARKER

Regimental number42385
OccupationInsurance agent
Next of kinWife, Mrs S B Parker, c/o W Forrest, Western Springs Road, Morningside, Auckland
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, April 1917, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on 26 April 1917
Original embarkation, 14 April 1917; troops disembarked, 18 April 1917; left New Zealand, 26 April 1917.
Final rankCorporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 31 July 1918
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialGommecourt Wood New Cemetery (Plot IV, Row B, Grave No 3), Foncquevillers, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ira and Alice Parker, Auckland; Wife: Susie Barrie Parker, Parakakau
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 60, p. 20

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