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  • CORKETT
  • AT
  • ALBERT Thomas
  • Orange
  • New South Wales, Australia
  • Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia
  • 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;
  • Apprentice of James Chalmers, Orange, 5 years
  • Carpenter
  • 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

  • 15 February 1916, West Maitland, New South Wales
  • 1093
  • Private
  • 1914-1915 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
  • 1st Coy. Australian Machine Gun Corps
  • 1st Brigade
  • 1st Australian Division
  • A.I.F.
  • Embarked 2 May 1916, Sydney

Death

  • 2 October
  • Died of shrapnel wounds; N°3 CAN CCS
  • 2 October 1917
  • 39
  • XXIV - E - 11A

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