CORK, Arthur Ernest
| Service Number: | 3730 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bootmaker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 3 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Surry Hills Crown Street Public School War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3730, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3730, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3730, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Arthur Ernest Cork, 2nd Battalion AIF, a bootmaker from Surry Hills in Sydney was killed in action 3 October 1917, aged 26. He was buried at Jabber Track, but his body was never found. For reasons unknown, he enlisted as a single man and gave his mother as next of kin, but was actually married, with a daughter.
His younger brother Driver William Cork also of the 2nd Battalion, a shearer before the war, was killed the next day, 4 October 1917, aged 25. Neither brother had known graves and both are remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres Belgium. Two other brothers 2705 Driver Clarence Stanley Cork (the youngest, age 20, also a shearer), and 6734 Private Sydney Thornton Cork (father of five, aged 36) both returned safely to Australia.
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