The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Parker
- First Name:
- Douglas
- Nick Name:
- Doug
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX8642
- Company:
- ‘ B ’ Company
- Enlisted:
- 18.10.1940
- Discharged:
- 11.01.1946
- DOB:
- 6.09.1914
- Place of Birth:
- Bunbury, Western Australia
- Father's Name:
- Richard Edward Winsett Parker
- Mothers's Name:
- Jessie Parker (nee Glen)
- Religion:
- Church of England
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Salesman, Window Dresser and Storeman
- Singapore:
- Selarang Camp Changi
- Force:
- ‘A’ Force Burma, Green Force, No. 3 Battalion
- Camps Thailand:
- Tamarkan, Tamuang
- Camps Burma:
- Victoria Point, Kendau 4.8km, Thetkaw, Meiloe, Augganaung
- POW#:
- 1528
- Return Details 1945:
- Thailand-Singapore by aircraft; Singapore-Fremantle, HMT Highland Brigade
General Description
Bunbury born Doug Parked enlisted AIF Oct 1940 and later joined 2/4th MGB’s ‘B’ Coy 9 Platoon.
back row: J Gregory, L O’neil, E Teasdale, A Newel, R Hindle
front: R Haldane, M Hunter, T James, F Hinds, D Parker
Parker left Singapore with the first work Party. Please read about ‘A’ Force Burma, Green Force No. 3 Battalion
At the end of the war Parker was recovered from Tamuang Camp, Thailand – sent to Bangkok and flown to Singapore, then sailed to Fremantle on HMT Highland Brigade.
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Above Jessie Glen and Richard Parker, 1896.
Doug was youngest born of nine children to parents Richard Parker and Jessie Glen who married 1901 who resided Bunbury. Several children died in their early years.
Doug was the only son to serve overseas.
His father died 1931 in Bunbury and his mother Jessie died 1945 while was POW in Thailand.
In 1947 Doug married Angelina ‘Lina’ Managlio in Perth. They had two children.
Doug died young in 1955 aged 41 years at Floreat.
Doug Parker
Below: We know Doug left Bunbury to work in Perth prior to 1937.
Below: Doug’s mother died whilst he was POW Thailand.
Below: Doug’s father died in Bunbury 1931 when Doug was about 17 years old.
Below: Doug’s cycling days.
Below: 1937, Lina Parker’s mother is found after she was reported missing.
Camp Locations:
- Selarang Camp Changi - Singapore
- Tamarkan, Tha Makham 56k - Thailand
- Tamuang, Tha Muang 39k - Thailand
- Yamane, Hiroshima #3-D - Japan
