AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
NameChristopher John PARKER 
Birth Date10 Dec 18851345
Birth PlaceCowra, Cowra Shire, New South Wales, Australia
MemoCowra Nsw, Australia -17709/1886 PARKER CHRISTOPHER J HENRY MARGARET M COWRA
Death Date9 Nov 19171346 Age: 31
Death PlacePalestine [Israel]
MemoLance Corporal CHRISTOPHER JOHN PARKER 1026, 7th, Australian Light Horse who died age 30 on 09 November 1917 Son of Henry and Margaret Parker, of Burdett, New South Wales. Remembered with honour GAZA WAR CEMETERY 1026 Private Christopher John PARKER, a 27 year old Labourer from Burdett, New South Wales. He enlisted on 11 February 1915; and subsequently was Killed in Action, 9 November 1917.
The 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF, 6th Reinforcement, embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A66 Uganda on 15 June 1915. The HMAT A66 Uganda weighed 5,431 tons with an average cruise speed of 10 knots or 18.52 km/h. It was owned by the British India SN Co Ltd, London, and leased by the Commonwealth until 4 December 1916. The Uganda was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine in Mediterranean, 27 May 1918.
The 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF, 6th Reinforcement, embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A66 Uganda on 15 June 1915. The HMAT A66 Uganda weighed 5,431 tons with an average cruise speed of 10 knots or 18.52 km/h. It was owned by the British India SN Co Ltd, London, and leased by the Commonwealth until 4 December 1916. The Uganda was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine in Mediterranean, 27 May 1918.
Burial Dateaft 9 Nov 1917
Burial PlaceGaza, Palestine [Israel]
MemoGaza War Cemetery
FatherHenry PARKER (1856-1938)
MotherMargaret Maria BRIGHT (1859-1941)
Notes for Christopher John PARKER
In Memory of Lance Corporal CHRISTOPHER JOHN PARKER 1026, 7th, Australian Light Horse who died age 30 on 09 November 1917 Son of Henry and Margaret Parker, of Burdett, New South Wales. Remembered with honour GAZA WAR CEMETERY 1026 Private Christopher John PARKER, a 27 year old Labourer from Burdett, New South Wales. He enlisted on 11 February 1915; and subsequently was Killed in Action, 9 November 1917.
HMAT A66 Uganda 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF, 6th Reinforcement, embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A66 Uganda on 15 June 1915. The HMAT A66 Uganda weighed 5,431 tons with an average cruise speed of 10 knots or 18.52 kmph. It was owned by the British India SN Co Ltd, London, and leased by the Commonwealth until 4 December 1916. The Uganda was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine in Mediterranean, 27 May 1918.
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HMAT A66 Uganda 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF, 6th Reinforcement, embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A66 Uganda on 15 June 1915. The HMAT A66 Uganda weighed 5,431 tons with an average cruise speed of 10 knots or 18.52 kmph. It was owned by the British India SN Co Ltd, London, and leased by the Commonwealth until 4 December 1916. The Uganda was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine in Mediterranean, 27 May 1918.
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