Regimental number | 3718 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Leichhardt, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, 35 Russell Street, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
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Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 13th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/30/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 13th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 1370 Pte George Ernest CORPE, 5th Machine Gun Company, returned to Australia, 9 May 1917; 3717 Pte Charles Alfred CORPE, 13th Bn, returned to Australia, 12 April 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Taken prisoner of war at Bullecourt; interned at Stendahl, Germany. Escaped; recaptured; sentenced to work in a salt mine. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
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