MCCORKELL, John
| Service Number: | 727 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles |
| Born: | Macedon, Victoria, Australia, 17 June 1880 |
| Home Town: | Macedon, Macedon Ranges, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Enteric Fever, Wakkerstroom, South Africa, Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 21 January 1902, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Wakkerstroom Cemetery, Mpumalanga, South Africa Roll of Honour: Werribee-Ballarat Boer War Memorial, Victoria. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square) |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 727 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 727, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daniel Bishop
Son of William McCORKELL & Martha (nee HEART) McCORKELL.
Born: 17th June 1880 - Macedon, Victoria, Australia; Reg No: 17009/1880; Reference: Victoria BDM Registry - Family History Research.
Miltary: Private, John McCORKELL, S-No: 727; Pre-WW1-Boer War, Colonial Military Forces; Unit: 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles.
Death: 21st January 1902 - Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Region, Sth Africa; Reference: (AWM) Australian War Memorial - Roll of Honour.
Burial: Wakkerstroom Cemetery - Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga, Sth Africa. Reference: (CWGC) Commonwealth War Graves Commission does recognise this as a War Cemetery, as there is also a Memorial for "Pre-WWI-Boer War" within the grounds of Wakkerstroom Cemetery. Even though "Private - John McCORKELL", is not listed -his name not recorded- for the (CWGC) listing of Wakkerstroom Cemetery, there is (1) recorded listing of a war man buried; furthermore (CWCC) has stated there are "73 War Casualties" buried within the grounds of the Wakkerstroom Cemetery - Kerk Straat - Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Region, South Africa. VISIT-Website: (CWGC) Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Find War Dead /or Cemeteries or Memorials; Cemetery - Wakkerstroom Cemetery.
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