Additional informatin and images from Sarndra Lees:
W C PARKER 7094
9th Contingent, South African War
Died 21 November 1940
Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 277, 21 November 1940, Page 1
PARKER On November 21 at Auckland Hospital William Charles Parker beloved brother of Mrs SMITH 13 Hayden Street City, Mrs NEWTON Rotorua, Mrs HARRISON Pongakawa, Mrs JESSUP Beach Haven, Harold PARKER Parnell aged 63 years. Private interment from C Little and Sons, 209 Hobson Street, 2pm to-morrow [Friday].[2]
Burial plot: SOLDIERS BURIAL G Row 3, Plot 20
Occupation at death: Labourer
Trade on attestation – 25 Feb 1902: Groom yet further through documentation it states ‘Gentleman’
His military records are available to read online (Archway)
Images of grave at Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, 2 June 2012:
