
GEILVOET, Cornelius
Service Number: | 640 |
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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 |
World War 1 Service
9 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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20 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, SN 640, 1st Light Horse Regiment, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli | |
20 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, SN 640, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Boorara, Sydney | |
24 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, SN 640, 1st Light Horse Regiment, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli |
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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)
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Cornelius was born in Bermagui, NSW in 1889
His parents were William GEILVOET and Catherine BENHAM