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CORNISH, Richard George
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 4159, 4159A |
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| Enlisted: | 29 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Talbot, Victoria, Australia, 5 February 1894 |
| Home Town: | Talbot, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Talbot State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 21 August 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France Plot XXV, Row M, Grave No. 12 (remains discovered 1929), Serre Road Cemetery No 2, Beaumont Hamel, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4159, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4159, 7th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4159, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 17 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Egypt | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4159, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 21 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 4159A, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4159A awm_unit: 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-21 | |
| 21 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4159, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Mouquet Farm |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
The son of William and Elizabeth CORNISH, Emo Road, East Malvern, Victoria. His remains were discovered during 1930 by the War Graves Separtment near Pozieres with no less than 4 identity discs, which were returned to his father during May 1930, prior to Richard's reinterment in the Serre Road No.2 Cemetery.