Info: Australian? Allied Unit, Lt. Chester James Parker HM Submarine Thorn

Why was he with this Submarine? Any information would be appreciated.
Need assistance on Who/Where/What/How for this man who is on the Australian Commemorative Roll which is for those "Australians" who died in other Allied Services. If proved not to be "Australian" their names will not be removed from the Commemorative Roll however their details will be updated accordingly.

I have researched the Air Force members but there are many more Land and Sea deaths in a myriad of different forces.

There is not a lot of information on these people that can be accessed easily and I ask your assistance to fill in at least some of the gaps.

Hopefully some relatives may see this thread and add more.

I will make a different thread for each along the way as they may tend to get lost if clumped together.

In Memory of
Lieutenant CHESTER JAMES PARKER

H.M. Submarine Thorn., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
who died age 26
on 11 August 1942
Son of James Athol Parker and Margaret Ann Parker, of Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia.
Remembered with honour
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

Chester James Parker

Born:July 29 1916 In:Charters Towers, QLD Died:Aug 6 1942 (at age 26)In:Mediterranean Sea, Off the coast of Greece

6 Aug 1942 - HMS Thorn (Lt.Cdr. Robert Galliano Norfolk, DSO, RN) was sunk while attacking a convoy about 30 nautical miles south-west of Gavdos Island in position 34º25'N, 22º36'E. At 1230 hours an escorting aircraft was seen to machine-gun the surface of the sea and the Italian torpedo boat Pegaso moved in to investigate. Four minutes after the aircraft attack, Pegaso picked up a contact and carried out seven attacks after which contact was lost. This attack most likely resulted in the loss of HMS Thorn. HMS Thorn was declared overdue on 11 August 1942.

RHODES SCHOLAR.
NORTH QUEENSLANDER
CHOSEN. .
CHESTER JAMES PARKER.
BRISBANE; November 12.
Chester James'Parker, who has had a brilliant ' scholastic career at the Townsville Grammar School and the University of Queensland and is a good all round sport, was to-day selected as the Queensland Rhodes Scholar, for 1938.
The second son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Parker of' Collinsville, North Queensland, the new Rhodes Scholar was born at Charters Towers on July 29, 1916. He passed the Junior and Senior Public Examinations from the Townsville Grammar School and was enrolled as an undergraduate member of the Faculty of Arts in March, 1935.
He intends to' take the Law course when his English honors course is finished and will read at Oxford for the Bachelor of Arts in the Honors School for Jurisprudence. He will proceed to the degree' of Bachelor of Civil Law. At the end of three years he will be admitted to the English bar and will return to practice in Queensland.
Three candidates presented applications for the scholarship. These were dealt with at the meeting of the Queensland Rhodes Scholarship selection committee held at the University to-day.

 

Is this any help as to how he ended up in the RN?

 

Is this any help as to how he ended up in the RN?

Thanks Dave - Every bit helps build up the profile.

Had not seen that bit on the first sinking.

Cheers

Geoff