CORSER, Joseph
Service Number: | 454 |
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Enlisted: | 2 February 1916, Rank of 2nd Air Mechanic. Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
Last Unit: | Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
Born: | Derby, England, 1888 |
Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Motor Body Builder |
Died: | Rosebud, Victoria, Australia, 1983, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated on the 18 January 1983 and ashes interred in the Banksia Portion, Wall C, Niche 871 |
Memorials: | Kew War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
2 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 454, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Rank of 2nd Air Mechanic. Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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25 Jul 1916: | Involvement 454, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
25 Jul 1916: | Embarked 454, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, RMS Malwa, Melbourne | |
27 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 454, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Corser of Derby, England
Husband of Gladys Martha Corser of 70 Peel Street, Kew, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 22 September 1919 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on the 12 November 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
His apprenticeship was served with the Staffordshire Railway Company
Member of the South Melbourne Rifle Club for two years