CORK, William
| Service Number: | 1006 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Crown Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 1006, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Train | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Driver, 1006, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Train, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Driver, 1006, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Port Macquarie, Sydney | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Driver, 1006, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1006 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Driver William Cork also of the 2nd Battalion, a shearer before the war, was killed in action 4 October 1917, aged 25. William had served and survived the campaign at Gallipoli.
His older brother Arthur Ernest Cork, also 2nd Battalion AIF, a bootmaker from Surry Hills in Sydney had been killed in action the day before 3 October 1917, aged 26. Neither brother had known graves and both are remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres Belgium. Two other brothers 2705 Driver Clarence Stanley Cork (the youngest, age 20, also a shearer), and 6734 Private Sydney Thornton Cork (father of five, aged 36) both returned safely to Australia.
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