Cornelius (Con) GEILVOET

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Service Number:	640
Enlisted:	9 September 1914, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	1st Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Bermagui, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Walgett, Walgett, New South Wales
Schooling:	Dinghams Creek Public School
Occupation:	Stockman
Died:	Died of wounds (received at Gallipoli), Malta, 24 May 1915
Cemetery:	Pieta Military Cemetery Plot A, Row II, Grave 3, Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dignam's Creek Roll of Honour

9 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney, New South Wales
20 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 640, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 640, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Boorara, Sydney
24 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 640, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 640 awm_unit: 1 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-05-24

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Cornelius was born in Bermagui, NSW in 1889

His parents were William GEILVOET and Catherine BENHAM

Cemetery details: Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta

"PRIVATE C. GEILVOET.

Private Con. Geilvoet, who died of wounds, was a son of Mr. William Geilvoet, for many years a resident of Dignam's Creek, near Bermagui." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 29 Jun 1915 (nla.gov.au)