CORCORAN, Matthew Linus
| Service Number: | 445 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, 22 September 1891 |
| Home Town: | Freeling, Light, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Porter |
| Died: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, 24 June 1920, aged 28 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Freeling Boer War, Boxer Rebellion and WW1 Memorial Panel, Freeling WW1 Pictorial Honour Roll, Freeling War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 445, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 445, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 18 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 445, 43rd Infantry Battalion |
Matthew Corcoran
Name: Matthew Linus Corcoran
Service Number: 445
Place of Birth: Mount Gambier
Date of Birth: 22 September 1891
Place of Enlistment: Adelaide
Date of Enlistment: 22 January 1916
Age at Enlistment: 24 years 4 months
Next of Kin: Mother – Margaret Corcoran
/ Tantanoola
Occupation: Railway Porter
Religion: Roman Catholic
Rank: Private 43rd Battalion.
Matthew was the son of Thomas and Margaret Corcoran [nee Fitzgerald] of Mount Gambier. Matthew left Adelaide on the Afric on 9 June 1916 and was sent from England to France on 25 November. He was hospitalised with bronchitis and pleurisy on 22 December and rejoined his unit, the 43rd Battalion on 27 December. His conditioned failed to improve. Consequently, Matthew was evacuated to England where he was admitted to the 3rd General Hospital at Oxford on 25 January 1917. He was repatriated to Australia on the Demosthenes on 27 July and admitted to the Army Hospital at Keswick with tuberculosis on 25 September. Matthew was discharged as medically unfit on 25 March 1918.
Submitted 17 October 2023 by christopher collins
Biography
43 Battalion
Rank - Private
27 July 1917 - Returned to Australia on board HMAT Demosthenes
25 September 1917 - Admitted to Keswick Army Hospital South Australia with Tuberculois
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Son of Thomas Patrick and Margaret Mary Corcoran (nee Fitzgerlad)