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Son of Rupert and Etta Parker of South Williamston, Nova Scotia. Husband of Mildred Parker of Kingston, Nova Scotia.
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Entrance - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Grave marker - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Very musical
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Charles with buddies Alvin Wagner, Annapolis Valley, N.S. and Carl Bowlby, Middleton, N.S..
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Charlie age 16 years, on fried's bike (note: wooden wheels, no tires). Bicycle is now in the Middleton, N.S. museum.
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Charlie Parker was born on April 21, 1919, at home on Alpeno Road (now
known as West Nictaux, near Middleton, N.S.). He spent most of his
boyhood on the family farm with his parents, Rubert G. Parker and Etta
May Parker, two brothers and two sisters. He was a very musical
fellow, who loved playing his banjo, guitar, mouth organ and singing.
He also loved dancing and sports (baseball and boxing). Charlie
married Mildred Smith in 1938 in Middleton. Together they had a
daughter, Etta (aged 1 1/2 when he left for war) and a son, Ralph (aged
4 months when he went overseas). He is still sadly missed by his
family.
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Charles Otis Parker Age 21 Years with daughter, Etta.
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Lettre revers(le 22 août 1943)
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Entrance - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Grave marker - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Very musical
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Charles with buddies Alvin Wagner, Annapolis Valley, N.S. and Carl Bowlby, Middleton, N.S..
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Charlie age 16 years, on fried's bike (note: wooden wheels, no tires). Bicycle is now in the Middleton, N.S. museum.
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Charlie Parker was born on April 21, 1919, at home on Alpeno Road (now known as West Nictaux, near Middleton, N.S.). He spent most of his boyhood on the family farm with his parents, Rubert G. Parker and Etta May Parker, two brothers and two sisters. He was a very musical fellow, who loved playing his banjo, guitar, mouth organ and singing. He also loved dancing and sports (baseball and boxing). Charlie married Mildred Smith in 1938 in Middleton. Together they had a daughter, Etta (aged 1 1/2 when he left for war) and a son, Ralph (aged 4 months when he went overseas). He is still sadly missed by his family.
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Charles Otis Parker Age 21 Years with daughter, Etta.
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Commemorated on:
Page 411 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Italy
By the winter of 1943, the German armies in Italy were defending a line stretching from the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Naples, to the Adriatic Sea south of Ortona. The Allies prepared to break through this line to capture Rome. For its part, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division was to cross the Moro River and take Ortona. In January 1944 the Canadian Corps selected this site, intending that it would contain the graves of those who died during the Ortona battle and in the fighting in the weeks before and after it. Today, there are 1,615 graves in the cemetery, of which over 50 are unidentified and 1,375 are Canadian.
The Moro River Canadian War Cemetery lies in the locality of San Donato in the Commune of Ortona, Province of Chieti, and is sited on high ground near the sea just east of the main Adriatic coast road (SS16). The cemetery can be reached from Rome on the autostrada A25 (Rome-Pescara) by branching on the autostrada A14 and leaving it at Ortona. The approach road to the cemetery from the main road passes under an arch forming part of the little church of San Donato. The cemetery is permanently open and may be visited anytime.
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