Maurice Henry CORKER

CORKER, Maurice Henry

Service Number: 4760
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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World War 1 Service

15 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4760, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
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

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Biography 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