CORSER, Herbert Edward
Service Number: | 1886 |
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Enlisted: | 5 November 1915, Enlisted at Maryborough, QLD |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 20 October 1886 |
Home Town: | Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Merchant |
Died: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 1 November 1964, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Maryborough Lawn Cemetery, Queensland Cemetery Portion, Garden of Rest X1, Grave 136 |
Memorials: | Maryborough City Hall Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
5 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1886, 47th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Maryborough, QLD | |
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1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1886, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1886, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane | |
7 Nov 1916: | Promoted Corporal, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
21 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1886, 47th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the eye and left leg. Invalided to England on 4 December 1916 aboard HS Carisbrook Castle | |
23 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, 69th Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 47th Battalion | |
13 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 69th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
17 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 47th Infantry Battalion, From 69th Battalaion | |
4 Mar 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
26 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 48th Infantry Battalion, From 47th Battalion | |
27 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 48th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 1st Military District |
World War 2 Service
24 Mar 1942: | Enlisted |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edward Bernaud Cressett Corser and Mary Jane Corser nee Brown of Maryborough, QLD. Brother of Sidney Cressett Corser, Edward Stewart Corser, Henry Bernard Corser, Mary Charlotte Corser and Isabel Muriel Corser,
On 17 January 1922 Herbert married Elwyn Kathleen Lawless in Queensland
Commenced return to Australia 1 May 1919 aboard HT China disembarking on the 8 June 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to QLD
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal