Ray Parkin, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Ray Parkin

Australian writer

Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1910

Date of Death: 19-Jun-2005

Profession: historian

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Ray Parkin (6 November 1910 – 19 June 2005) was an Australian naval seaman, writer, draftsman, artist and historian.
He is noted for his memoirs of World War II (including his time as a prisoner-of-war), and for a major work on James Cook's Endeavour voyage.