CORKER, Francis Egbert
| Service Number: | 6721 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 September 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hansonville, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Hansonville, Wangaratta, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Wangaratta, Victoria, 1936, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6721, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6721, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6721, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 27 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6721, 5th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Severe wound to the right lung and thorax. Invalided to England from Boulogne on 19 May 1917 | |
| 19 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6721, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to lung and thorax wounds |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Joseph Corker and Margaret Corker nee Hancock of Hansonville, Victoria. Brother of Annie Miriam Corker, James Delatite Corker, Mark Ramsden Corker, Dorothy Priscilla Corker, Marjorie Naomi Corker, Elizabeth Margaret Corker, Ellen Jane Corker, William Benjamin Corker and Mary Ann Corker.
Francis was wounded during the Outpost Villages campaign in the lead up to Second Bullecourt. He sustained serious wounds to his chest and lungs reslting in his repatriation to Australia.
Commenced return to Australia on 10 September 1917 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking on the 13 November 1917.
During 1920 Francis married Edith Isabel Smith in Victoria
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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