8th Battalion
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John Stanley Parke enlisted in Ballarat, Victoria at the age of 18 on the 8th of February 1916. He had been born in Daylesford, Victoria, was single, and was employed as a Painter. He volunteered and was stationed with the 8th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement later transferring to the Australian Employment Company as Regimental number 5184. He was discharged and Returned to Australia on the 7th of February 1919.
Lucas’s Staffs Appreciation of Brave Men, the original Avenue register, records his name as John S. Parkes.
