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CORNELIUS, Walter Samuel
Personal Details
| Service Number: | TX1318 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 April 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/1st Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment |
| Born: | Flowerdale, Tasmania, Australia, 10 October 1913 |
| Home Town: | King Island, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Southport, Queensland, Australia, 7 February 1969, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Southport General Cemetery, Gold Coast |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 23 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, TX1318 | |
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| 15 Jul 1940: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, TX1318, 2nd/1st Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, From Sydney to Liverpool (UK); disembarked on 8 September 1940. | |
| 14 Nov 1940: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, TX1318, 2nd/1st Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, From Liverpool to the Middle East; disembarked on 29 November 1940. | |
| 1 Apr 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, TX1318, 2nd/1st Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, From Middle East to Greece; date disembarked not listed in Army Record. Returned to Middle East from Greece on 29 April 1941. | |
| 13 Mar 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, TX1318, 2nd/1st Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, From Middle East to Ceylon; disembarked on 12 April 1942. | |
| 12 Jul 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, TX1318, 2nd/1st Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, From Ceylon to Melbourne; disembarked on 7 August 1942. | |
| 16 Jun 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, TX1318 |
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