Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'get_header' (T_STRING)

I haven’t ever seen this and can’t find anything on it. The full error is:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘get_header’ (T_STRING) in /home1/cameronh/public_html/thisiskeep.com/wp-content/themes/keep_child/new-template.php on line 1

The line it is referring to is:

<?php
/**
 * The template for displaying all pages.
 *
 * This is the template that displays all pages by default.
 * Please note that this is the WordPress construct of pages
 * and that other 'pages' on your WordPress site will use a
 * different template.
 *
 * @package Generate
 * Template Name: New Template
 */

get_header(); ?>

If I remove “get_header();” then the error goes away and the page displays … but without any styling, of course.

Is there any logical reason get_header(); would throw an error?