Roy Warren Parker collection

This single item series consists of a scrapbook / photograph album collated by Roy Warren Parker. The album contains cloth military badges, an identity tag, snapshots, portraits and clippings relating to his service with the US Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945.

[Item 33837/1]

This series consists of loose photographs, many of which are represented in the photograph album / scrapbook [see Item 1] relating to the service of Roy Warren Parker with the USAAF during the Second World War. Also included are several portraits of himself and his bride-to-be Rosetta 'Pearl' Andrews, friends and family members. Many of them are captioned on the reverse.

[Item 33837/2]

This series contains papers, newspaper and magazine articles and nominal rolls relating to the service of Captain Roy Parker with the USAAF during the Second World War.

Included are:

• Flight schedule, naming crews and destinations signed by Major Nicholson, Commanding 19th Bomber Squadron, 22nd Bombardment Group, Charters Towers, Qld. and Captain Max Burkey, Operations Officer, January 1944
• Article titled 'Skip bomb massacre in Huon Gulf' from The American Legion, June 1983
• Article titled 'Banzai Burauen' by Major Herbert Johansen, March 1945
• List of 19th B.S. Squadron Officers pictured in the photograph (see album in Item 1) taken in front of the Officers Club at Dobodura, New Guinea, showing their rank and position.
• Nominal roll of officers, 19th Squadron, 22nd Bombardment Group
• Combat Crew Report of 19th Bombardment Squadron, 22nd Bombardment Group, 15 January 1945

[Items 33837/3 to 33837/8]

This series consists of identity tags, military medals and a commemorative watch relating to the service of Captain Roy Warren Parker with the USAAF during the Second World War.

They are:

• Pressed metal identity tags (2) in the name of Roy Parker 32105891 next of kin Mrs C. Parker, Brooklyn NY, with canvas ribbons.
• Stamped metal 'St Christopher' medalion embossed 'Behold St Christopher then go your way in safety'
• [US] Air Medal, awarded for single acts of heroism or meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight. The bronze medal of a compass rose charged with an eagle carrying two lightning flashes in its talons. The medal is attached to a striped ribbon of 'ultramarine blue' and 'golden orange'.
• [US] Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM) awarded to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States other than General Officers who, while serving in any capacity with the U.S. Army after 6 December 1941, distinguished themselves by heroism, meritorious achievement or meritorious service. The bronze medal shows an eagle grasping three crossed arrows and bearing on its breast a shield. The reverse is embossed "FOR MILITARY" and "MERIT", above a sprig of laurel, with Roy W Parker engraved in the centre. It is attached to a striped ribbon of white and myrtle green.
• Commemorative watch presented to Roy Parker in 1976 engraved on the reverse 'An outstanding WW11 Red Raider Roy Parker".

[Items 33837/9 to 33837/13]