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Col Geoffrey Stephen Parker
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Service Number: H76 627 524 Rank: Colonel |
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Born: Jan 18, 1968 Oakville ON |
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Enlisted: June 15, 1989 Discharged: Deceased |
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Served In:
Afghanistan
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Service: CF (Canadian Forces) |
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Regiment: Royal Canadian Regiment |
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Training: CFB Gagetown |
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Service Details : |
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Land Force Central Area Headquarters |
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Aged 42, Col Parker was born and raised in Oakville, Ontario. He joined the Canadian Forces under the Regular Officer Training Program in 1989 while attending the University of Western Ontario. After graduation in 1990 and completion of infantry officer training, he embarked on a steadily rising career. Previous deployments included peacekeeping missions to Croatia in 1992 and Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1996, and overseeing two deployments of the Disaster Assistance Response Team and three Afghanistan rotations. More recently, Col Parker served as the commanding officer of 2 Battalion RCR based in Gagetown, New Brunswick for two years until June 2009. Well-known and highly respected, he was hand-picked from across the army to fill an important post with the Afghanistan mission. The job as second-in-command at the Stability Division of Regional Command South was scheduled to begin in November, a posting that would have seen him coordinating NATO ISAF humanitarian and development efforts. A colleague described him as a consummate professional officer who was also a compassionate and humble man with an infectious laugh. |
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Col Parker held a Bachelor of Engineering Science from UWO, a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Masters Degree in Defence Studies from the Royal Military College. He will be remembered for his passion for travelling with family and friends, as well as his fishing expeditions and summers spent at the cottage near Arundel. |
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05/18/2010 at Kabul, Afghanistan |
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Arundel Public Cemetery, Argenteuil County, QC |
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Col Parker is survived by his wife Mary Jane, son Charles and daughter Alexandria, mother Edna and brother David, along with other relatives, friends and his military family. |
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Col Geoffrey Stephen Parker
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Medals and Commendations
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Sacrifice Medal (SM)
NATO for Former Republic of Macedonia (NATO-FYROM)
Canadian Forces' Decoration (C.D.)
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