Vivian Charles CORRY

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CORRY, Vivian Charles

Service Number:	4400
Enlisted:	14 January 1916
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Nathalia, Victoria, Australia, 17 November 1897
Home Town:	Picola, Moira, Victoria
Schooling:	Picola West State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Dernancourt, France, 18 April 1918, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Plot VII, Row B, Grave No. 16,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nathalia Rock and Chain Memorial, Nathalia War Memorial, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

14 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4400, 22nd Infantry Battalion
29 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4400, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4400, 22nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
21 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion, France
3 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4400, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)
24 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion, France
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4400, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Menin Road
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4400, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge
17 Nov 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, France
18 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4400, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Vivian was appointed Lance Corporal, 20 December 1916; promoted Temporary Corporal, 24 May 1917; Corporal, 20 July 1917; Sergeant, 17 November 1917.

According to the 22nd Battalion war diary on the date Corry was killed at Dernancourt, ‘The front line tour at this time was marked by a number of patrol encounters’

His brother 1837 Pte James Joseph Corry 3rd Pioneer Battalion AIF, was killed in action, 26 July 1917, age 25. Another brother 3068 Driver Archibald Arthur Corry 59th Battalion AIF, returned to Australia, 8 April 1919.

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