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PARKE, Stanley Joseph
(Service number 21883)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	24/05/1896	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Clandeboye
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Frank PARKE (father), Clandeboye, South Canterbury
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	7th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	21 August 1916
Transport	Mokoia
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
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Discharge

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Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	6 July 1964	Age	68 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 73, Plot 38
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Stanley Joseph Parke was the eldest son of Frank Hayes and Alice (née Spooner) Parke. he was educated at Temuka School. In 1933 he married Margaret Ellen Duke. Stanley and Margaret are buried with their eldest son, Murray Stanley Parke, who died in 1956 aged 18 years.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [25 March 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [25 March 2017]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [25 March 2017]

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