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Albert CORNEY

Regimental number5559
Place of birthHughenden Queensland
SchoolState School, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFireman
AddressCharters Towers, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Albert Corney, Stansfield Street, Hughenden, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date5 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 7 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 16 April 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death26.9
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialDernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VIII, Row H, Grave No. 9), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
104
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Albert and Ellen CORNEY, Stansfield Street, Hughenden, Queensland
Family/military connectionsNil
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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