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CORNELL, Walter Goulburn

Service Numbers:	473, 1145
Enlisted:	5 February 1915
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Albury, New South Wales, Australia, 3 April 1893
Home Town:	Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling:	Mosman Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 22 August 1915, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914:	Involvement Private, 473, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
19 Aug 1914:	Embarked Private, 473, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
5 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Sergeant, 1145, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Sergeant, 1145, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1145, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMT Ceramic
20 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1145, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, landed at Gallipoli with the 18th Battalion
22 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1145, 18th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, killed in action in the charge on Hill 60
22 Aug 1915:	Involvement Sergeant, 1145, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1145 awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-08-22

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