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Courtesy of Veterans Affairs Canada
Courtesy of Veterans Affairs Canada
CWM 19920166-1600
CWM 19920166-1600

Lieutenant

Service, Albert Niven Parker

Unit

52nd Canadian Infantry Battalion (New Ontario)

Branch

Infantry

Service Component

Canadian Expeditionary Force

Service Number

birth

1893/10/02

Glasgow, Scotland

death

1916/08/18

Belgium

grave

Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Belgium

Gender

Male

Albert Niven Parker Service was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 2 October 1893.

A banker, Service enlisted in the 66th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Edmonton, Alberta, on 29 June 1915. He became a lieutenant on 11 December 1915.

Stationed in England, Service was transferred to the 52nd Canadian Infantry Battalion (New Ontario) before being sent to France on 2 July 1916. He was killed by shelling on 18 August 1916, when the 52nd Battalion was occupying front-line trenches at Hill 60, near Zillebeke, Belgium.

Albert Niven Parker Service is buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), in Belgium.

The Canadian War Museum’s Collection includes the following artifacts for this recipient