Lionel St Clare CORNISH MM

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CORNISH, Lionel St Clare

Service Numbers:	1927, W27679
Enlisted:	18 January 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	4th Movement Control Group
Born:	Fremantle, Western Australia, 8 April 1893
Home Town:	Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Seaman
Died:	Died of Illness, Port Hedland, Western Australia, 31 July 1945, aged 52 years
Cemetery:	Geraldton War Cemetery, Western Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

18 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1927, Melbourne, Victoria
17 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1927, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1927, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
11 Aug 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, "The Last Hundred Days"
12 Dec 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Provost Corps
11 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 1927, Australian Provost Corps

World War 2 Service

26 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, W27679
26 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Private, W27679, 10 Garrison Battalion (WA), Swanbourne, Western Australia
2 Apr 1942:	Promoted Corporal
18 Sep 1943:	Promoted Sergeant
31 Jul 1945:	Involvement Sergeant, W27679, 4th Movement Control Group

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Lionel St Clare Cornish was a seaman before he joined the A.I.F. in 1915 serving with the 7th Infantry Battalion, A.I.F. with some secondments to the Australian Provost Corps. With the 7 Btn. he distinguished himself in the face of an attack by superior enemy forces and was awarded the Military Medal.
After WW1 he joined the Royal Australian Garrison Artillery for some years as a gunner with N.C.O. rank.
He rejoined the ACMF and had various duties with 5 Docks and was sent to Port Hedland, W.A. to No.4 Australian Movement Control Group where he suddenly passed away after quite a long period of ill health during his WW2 service.

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