Graham Beresford Parkinson

Major General Graham Beresford Parkinson CBE, DSO amp Bar was a professional soldier in the New Zealand Military Forces who served during the First and Second World Wars.

Parkinson was born onNovember 1896 in the Wellington suburb of Mount Cook. His father, Henry Parkinson, was a school teacher. Parkinson was schooled at Greytown School and Newtown District High School. He also attended Wellington College for the final two years of his education. In 1913, he sat and passed the entrance examination for the Royal Military College in Duntroon, Australia, which set aside a limited number of enrollments for New Zealanders. He entered Duntroon the following year and graduated in April 1916.

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