PARKER, Clarence Walter
(Service number 17814)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 19 February 1897 | Place of Birth | Sockburn |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Waimairi Road, Upper Riccarton | ||
| Occupation | Wool handler | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mrs Ellen PARKER (mother), Waimairi Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 15th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 26 July 1916 | ||
| Transport | Waitemata or Ulimaroa | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Death
| Date | 27 April 1941 | Age | 44 years |
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| Place of Death | New Plymouth | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth | ||
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Biographical Notes
Clarence Walter Parker was born (as Walter Clarence Parker) on 19 February 1897 at Sockburn, Christchurch, the son of Walter Stewart and Ellen (née Whithair) Parker. In 1904 he started at Waihaorunga School. Clarence was a wool sorter, residing at home, when he enlisted and named his mother as next-of-kin – Mrs Ellen Parker, Waimairi Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch. Private C. W. Parker embarked at Wellington with the Canterbury Infantry Battalion of the 15th Reinforcements on 26 July 1916. 17814 Lance-Corporal Clarence W. Parker returned home by a Draft (Nos. 147 or 148 or 149) which was to arrive in New Zealand in March 1918.
He married Ivy Gertrude Ferguson in 1922; they divorced in 1923. Clarence Walter Parker died on 27 April 1941 at New Plymouth, aged 44, and was buried at Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth. .
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [06 August 2021]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [06 August 2021]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch) [07 August 2021]; Te Henui Cemetery burial record [07 August 2021]; Sun, 13 March 1918 (Papers Past) [09 August 2021]
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