Arthur CORKER

CORKER, Arthur

    Service Number: 4462
    Enlisted: 2 August 1915, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 58th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Mount Oliver, Victoria, Australia, 1889
    Home Town: Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Motor Driver
    Died: Ballarat, Victoria, 1933, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    2 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4462, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
    28 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 4462, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
    28 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 4462, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
    1 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, From 8th Battalion
    26 Mar 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4462, 58th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the right arm. Transferred to England aboard HS Londonder on 19 April 1917
    15 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4462, 58th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Shrapnel wounds to the left thigh and legs
    2 Sep 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4462, 58th Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Wound to the head-accidental
    6 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4462, 58th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of James Charles Corker and Catherine Corker nee Sandow of 9 Windemere Street, South Ballarat, Victoria. Brother of George Charles Corker, Catherine Corker, William John Corker and Thomas Henry Corker

    Commenced return to Australia on 2 January 1919 aboard HT Karmala disembarking on the 13 February 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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