PARKE, Stanley Joseph
(Service number 21883)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 24/05/1896 | Place of Birth | Temuka |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Clandeboye | ||
| Occupation | Farm hand | ||
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| Next of Kin | Frank PARKE (father), Clandeboye, South Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| 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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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 6 July 1964 | Age | 68 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Temuka Cemetery | ||
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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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