Maurice Henry CORKER

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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.
Memorials:

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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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