Albert Victor CORKER

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Service Number:	1081
Enlisted:	22 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Manchester, England, 1889
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Traveller
Died:	Marrickville, New South Wales, 17 November 1964, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Cremated and ashes interred on 15 February 1965. Eastern Drive Walls, Wall G, Position 108
Memorials:

22 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1081, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 1081, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 1081, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
9 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1081, 1st Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wounds to the right shoulder and face. Transferred to England on the 23 September 1915
28 Sep 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1081, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounds

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Address at the tme of enlistment was C/- YMCA, Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW.

Son of Hannah Corker of 13 Laylor Street, Hulme, Manchester, England

Durin 1925 Albert married Dorothy N. Moore in Mosman, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 24 June 1916 aboard HT Euripides for home service due to wounding disembarking on the 8 August 1916

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal