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Military service
Service number:
874811
Age:
39
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
78th Bn.
Birth:
October 17, 1877
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Lawrence Parker and Elizabeth Ellen Ellis (formerly Parker). Husband of Alice Ann Parker (nee Chippendale), of Victoria, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private Walter Ernest Parker
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Walter Ernest Parker 1877-1917 Died at Givenchy-en-Gohelle 9 April 1917
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private Walter Ernest Parker
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Ernest Parker
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Ernest Parker
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 305 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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