Manuscript relating to Percy George Rupert Parkes, 1915-1918; 2007

Parkes, Percy George Rupert, MC and Bar (Captain, b.1891 - d.1983)

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Places	Africa: Egypt, Alexandria Africa: Egypt, Cairo Africa: Egypt, North Egypt, Tel el Kebir Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Ypres Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Lille, Armentieres Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Lille, Bois-Grenier Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Bapaume Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Pozieres Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Bullecourt Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Warloy-Baillon Europe: United Kingdom, England, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge Europe: United Kingdom, England, Wiltshire, Salisbury Plain Europe: United Kingdom, England, Wiltshire, Tidworth Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Lone Pine Area, Lone Pine Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Ballarat Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Colac
Accession Number	AWM2018.785.27
Collection number	PR85/195
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	Item
Item count	1
Object type	Manuscript
Physical description	68 Image/s captured
Maker	Parkes, Percy George Rupert
Place made	At sea, Australia, Belgium, Egypt, France, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, United Kingdom: England, United Kingdom: Scotland
Date made	1915-1918; 2007
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions	Digital format and content protected by copyright.
Source credit to	This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.

Description

Manuscript relating to the First World War service of Captain Percy George Rupert Parkes, 23rd Infantry Battalion, 1915-1918; 2007 [First copy - double-page spread].

This manuscript contains the transcribed and edited diaries of Percy George Rupert Parkes prepared by Doug M. Wallace and Margaret D. Wallace. The transcribers/editors have also included a list of contents, an introduction featuring a biography of Parkes in addition to a broader family history, footnotes following the final diary entry, indexes to people and places referenced in the diaries, and a glossary.

Please note that pages 113-117 of the manuscript contain extracts relating to Percy George Rupert Parkes from a book titled "Forward undeterred: the history of the 23rd Battalion, 1915 - 1919", and have not been released online due to copyright restrictions.