Alfred CORNES

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Service Number:	3902
Enlisted:	17 October 1914, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Crewe, Cheshire, England (1890), date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Blackburn, Whitehorse, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Heidelburg, Victoria, Australia (1967), cause of death not yet discovered, date not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

17 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 3902, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Hessen embarkation_ship_number: A45 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 3902, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , SS Hessen, Melbourne
5 Sep 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1

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Wounded in Action at Gallipoli on 25 Aug 1915

Shrapnel wounds to eye head and body and Shellshock evacuated to Ascanius then to England

Returned to Victoria, Australia and discharged on 05 Sep 1916

Died in Heidelburg, Victoria in 1967, aged about 77