French Croix de Guerre : Private A E Parker, New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Places
Accession Number REL29758.003
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Medal
Physical description Bronze
Maker Unknown
Place made France
Date made c 1917-1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
First World War, 1914-1918
Description

French Croix de Guerre with bronze star. Unnamed as issued.

History / Summary

Awarded to 53879 Private Alfred Edward Parker who served in the Canterbury Infantry Regiment of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Parker was born in 1878 and worked as a bank accountant until his enlistment in the NZEF on 17 April 1917. He served on the Western Front and was discharged from service on 17 September 1919.