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CORNELIUS, Marc Stanley
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3071 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1915, Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wilmington, South Australia, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Katanning, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Public School |
| Occupation: | Electrical Engineer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Flers, France, 16 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Katanning War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Woodanilling War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3071, 28th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 18 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3071, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Fremantle --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Richard and Jane CORNELIUS
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Note on file: 'Buried by Rev F.H. Dwinford, 6th Infantry Brigade Headquarters'; grave subsequently lost
Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial in Picardie, France