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Military service
Service number:
B/74054
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
48th Highlanders of Canada
Death:
July 27, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B, B, 152.
Additional information
Son of Harry and Margaret Parkes, of Humber Summit, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Orville Frederick Parkes
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Headstone of Orville F. Parkes
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Entrance
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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View of Mt. Enna
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Photo of ORVILLE FREDERICK PARKES
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Badge
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Orville Frederick Parkes
Digital gallery of
Private Orville Frederick Parkes
Digital gallery of
Private Orville Frederick Parkes
Digital gallery of
Private Orville Frederick Parkes
Digital gallery of
Private Orville Frederick Parkes
Digital gallery of
Private Orville Frederick Parkes
Digital gallery of
Private Orville Frederick Parkes
Digital gallery of
Private Orville Frederick Parkes
Digital gallery of
Private Orville Frederick Parkes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 201 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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