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CORNISH, Edmund Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 346 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Orange, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 15. HAVE MERCY UPON HIM LORD AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Orange Cenotaph, Orange WW1 Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 346, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 346, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 346, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 346 awm_unit: 10th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-08-08 |
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"...346 Gnr (later Sgt) Edmund Thomas Cornish, 1st Field Artillery Brigade (later 10th Field Artillery Brigade), of Orange, NSW, son of Philip Thomas and Frances K. Cornish of Arncliffe, NSW, brother of Pte (later Sgt) 2533 Walter Thomas Cornish, (Died of Wounds, 22 September 1917). A labourer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Argyleshire (A8) on 18 October 1914. He was killed in action on 8 August 1918,during the Battle of the Somme, at Cerisy, France, aged 25. He is buried in the Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery, France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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