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I cannot get his birth or censuses. Although there is a death of John Kenyon Parker, there is no birth nor censuses. ADRIC gives him as age 30 on joining. Also as Lieutenant in RE. The solving is via MIC and 1921 census. That is address of his sister Hannah Parker who married a Goodall. The Kenyon seems to be a random addition to his name when he became an oficer
Not on RIC Register
1889 Nov/Dec Born Glass Houghton, Yorks
1901 census at Glass Houghton, Pontefract, Yorkshire
1911 census at Glass Houghton, Pontefract, Yorkshire
1912 Mar 12 married at St John the Baptist, New Wortley, Yorkshire, to Mary Scott (1891–)
1919 Dec 3. Posted to Basrah, Iraq
1920 Jun 13. Leaves Basrah
He was a Lt when he left the army
1921 census " Mayfield Terrace". Goodall family. His executor was Hannah Goodall. Hannah Goodall was born 1883 so could not be his mother. She was his sister
1921 Mar 22. Joined ADRIC with service no 1848. Posted to G Coy
1921 Apr 17 Was involved in the Castleconnell incident
1922 Jan 19. Discharged on demobilisation of ADRIC
1922 Mar 29. Joined the British Gendarmerie section of the Palestine Police as a Sergeant.
1933 June . Following a case in Palstine when dogs were use for tracking, Sergeant John Kenyon Parker and Constable Alexander R. Pringle were dispatched to South Africa for a six-month dog-master training course. They returned to Palestine in December 1934 with three dogs named Gift, Mayer, and Ria. Initially employed to investigate agricultural crime, the Dobermans came to play a prominent role in policing Palestine during the Arab Revolt (1936–39). Though imported strictly for investigative purposes—not to furnish evidence— expediency led Palestine’s authorities to rely on dog tracking to justify extrajudicial action during the revolt
1938 Jan 1. Awarded BEM. John Kenyon Parker, Detective Assistant Inspector , British Section , Palestine Police (indicates born 1897). UK address Fairview, Auster Bank, Tadcaster, Yorks
1939 Nov 22. Arrives in UK from Port Said . Palestine Police, travels 1st class
1963 Mar 26. Died, Yorks age 72
WO 374/52171