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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Orange
• Land New South Wales, Australia
• Last residence Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia
• Family Son of John and Mary Jane Corkett; fourteen siblings; one of his brothers, Harold William, also served and did not survive; he is buried in Alexandria, Egypt;
• Education Apprentice of James Chalmers, Orange, 5 years
• Profession Carpenter
• Extra info Husband of Mary Sophia Ballard, of Reserve St., Obrien's Estate, Cessnock, New South Wales; three children: Irene, James Edward (Jim) and Nora Beryl

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 15 February 1916, West Maitland, New South Wales
• Service number 1093
• Rank Private
• Medals 1914-1915 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 1st Coy. Australian Machine Gun Corps
• Other data related to military career Embarked 2 May 1916, Sydney

Death

• Wounded 2 October
• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds; N°3 CAN CCS
• Died at the age of 39
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIV - E - 11A

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