Gordon Parker was with the 2nd Battalion of the Otago Infantry Regiment when it attacked German positions on October 1st, 1916, during the Battle of the Somme. German machine guns took a heavy toll of the Otago men and Gordon was listed as "missing" on that day. On October 2nd he was admitted to a Dressing Station with a bullet wound to his abdomen. He died that day and was buried in Dartmoor Cemetery near Albert, France.
ROLL OF HONOUR.
WOUNDED.
Private Gordon Parker, a son of Mrs T. Parker, of Lakeside, Stirling, is reported as wounded and admitted to hospital between October 1 and October 15. -Bruce Herald, 2/11/1916.
ROLL OF HONOUR.
DIED OF WOUNDS.
Private Gordon Parker, son of Mrs T. Parker, Lakeside, Stirling, is reported to have died on October 1 of wounds received while in action in France. -Clutha Leader, 21/11/1916.
FOR THE EMPIRE'S CAUSE.
DEATH.
PARKER. — On October 1, 1916, died from wounds received while in action in France, Gordon, dearly beloved second son of Thomas and Jessie Parker, of Lakeside, Stirling, Otago.
Father, in Thy gracious keeping
Leave we now our loved one sleeping. -Otago Daily Times, 23/11/1916.
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