CORRY, Thomas Edison Spurgeon
| Service Number: | 122 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Keswick |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies |
| Born: | North Adelaide, South Australia, 17 November 1894 |
| Home Town: | North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | State School, Adelaide & School of Music, Adelaide |
| Occupation: | Mechanic |
| Died: | Shrapnel wound to abdomen, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 10 August 1915, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Officers of S.A. Post, Telegraph and Telephone Department Great War Roll of Honor, Adelaide Postmaster General's Department WWI Honour Board , Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, North Adelaide Public School Roll of Honor, Postmaster General's Department Adelaide |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Sapper, 122, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Keswick | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Sapper, 122, 1st Divisional Signal Company, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Sapper, 122, 1st Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne | |
| 10 Aug 1915: | Involvement Sapper, 122, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 122 awm_unit: 1st Australian Division Signals Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1915-08-10 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Thomas Edison Sprugeon CORRY was born on 17th November, 1894 in North Adelaide, South Australia
His parents were Samuel CORRY & Annie Maria LLOYD
He had previously served in the 28th Signal Company Army Engineers (CMF) before he enlisted in Keswick on 18th August, 1914 and embarked with the 1st Divisional Signal Company on the 20th October, 1914 from Melbourne on the HMAT Karroo
He was wounded with gunshot wounds to his abdomen at Gallipoli and died of his wounds on board the Hospital Ship Neuralia between Gallipoli & Malta on 10th August, 1915
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Lone Pine Memorial
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal
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