• Title
  David Parkes World War I commemorative medal, with note from Buckingham Palace, 1922
• Call number
  R 2048
  Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 1, Shelf 19
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1922
• Type of material
  Objects, Textual Records
• Reference code
  910360
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 plaque - bronze - 12 cm diameter
  1 item of textual material - printed - 19 x 12 cm.
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  David Parkes was a private in the 15th Battalion (Infantry) and served in Gallipoli where he was killed in action on the 9 May 1915. He is buried at the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey. (Australian War Memorial).
  
  His father was William Parkes, nephew to Sir Henry Parkes.
  
  Reference
  Library correspondence file
  
  These next-of-kin plaques were mostly issued in 1922.
• Scope and Content
  Memorial plaque honouring David Parkes. Issued to next-of-kin of servicemen killed in the war. It shows Britannia holding a trident and standing with a lion. In her left hand she holds an oak wreath above a rectangular tablet bearing Parkes' name. Two dolphins swim around Britannia and at the bottom a second lion is tearing apart the German eagle. Around the rim are the words "He died for freedom and honour". Designed by Edward Carter Preston. It is housed in its original folder.
  
  Accompanying note: Letterhead of Buckingham Palace; I join with my grateful people in sending you this memorial of a brave life given for others in the Great War. George R.I.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.5235 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1069361
• Name
  Parkes, David, 1892-1915
  
• Subject
  World War, 1914-1918--Medals.
  World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Turkey--Gallipoli Peninsula.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE167461

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