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CORNELIUS, Henry
| Service Number: | 1084 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 February 1915, Enlisted in Roma Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Willunga, South Australia, 28 February 1886 |
| Home Town: | Willunga, Onkaparinga, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Toorak Gardens , South Australia, 6 November 1961, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour, Willunga Cheer Up Society Pictorial Honour Board, Willunga War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1084, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted in Roma Queensland | |
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| 20 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1084, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1084, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Driver, 1084 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Cates
Henry Cornelius was the youngest of thirteen children, not all of whom lived to adulthood. When he enlsited in Roma, Queensland, he was single 5' 11" (180cm) tall and weighed 154lbs (70kg) and had a dark complexion, brown eyes and black hair.
Henry was appointed a driver on 11 April 1917 and was allotted to 2nd Signal Squadron. He suffered bouts of malaria while on service, a common experience among soldiers in the Middle East. In his later years he resided at Myrtlebank. He died in 1961 the same year as his brother Wilfred, who was two years older and is also represented on the Willunga Cheer-up Society Collage.
Excerpt from the book "A Picture of Fortitude" with permission of the Willunga Recreation Park
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