PARKER, FRANCIS MAITLAND WYBORN,
Captain, was born 18 September 1876, eldest son of Chief Justice Sir Henry
Parker KCMG and Amy Katherine, daughter of G W Leake, QC. He was
educated at Perth High School, Western Australia; admitted a Barrister and
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of West Australia in 1899. He served in the
South African Campaign, 1899-1902, with the West Australian Mounted
Infantry; was Embarkation Staff Officer, Staff of the Base, Cape Town,
1931-2, and was present at the actions at Vet River; operations in the
Transvaal in May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg,
Pretoria and Diamond Hill (11 and 12 June); operations in Cape Colony, south
of Orange River, 1899-1900, including the actions at Colesberg. He was
mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 16 April 1901]; received the
Queen's Medal with four clasps, the King's Medal with two clasps, and was
created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 19
April 1901]: "Francis Maitland Wyborn Parker, Captain, West Australian
Mounted Infantry. In recognition of services during the operations in South
Africa". (Insignia, etc, sent to Commander-in-Chief in South Africa, and
presented in South Africa by Major General A Wynne, CB, 19 November 1901).
He was given the Brevet of Major in 1902. He served in the European War,
and an obituary notice in the 'Times' said: "On the 17th March 1915, at Mena
Camp, Cairo, after a short illness, Captain and Brevet Major Francis
Maitland Wyborn Parker, DSO, Imperial Force, Egypt, elder son of the
Honourable Sir Stephen Parker, KCMG. He had married, in 1901, Jessie
Dorothy, daughter of J Stenhouse, of Melbourne, Victoria".
