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CORKER, Maurice Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4760 |
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Enlisted: | 15 November 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Field Bakery: AIF |
Born: | Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
Home Town: | Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Plumber |
Died: | Elwood, Victoria, Australia, 1957, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated on the 10 May 1957. Ashes were either scattered or interred in the Dodonaea area. |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
15 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4760, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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7 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4760, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
7 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4760, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
19 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, From 6th Battalion | |
21 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, From 58th Battalion | |
26 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Field Bakery: AIF, In France | |
17 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4760, 3rd Field Bakery: AIF, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to heart issues |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Henry Corker and Maria Corker nee Kirby of 41 Barkly Avenue, Malvern, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 12 June 1919 aboard HT Themisticles disembarking on the 8 August 1919
During 1934 Maurice married Margaret Boyd Anderson in Victoria
Medals: British WAr Medal, Victory Medal
Previously served in the Citizen Military Forces