Regimental number | 122 |
Place of birth | North Adelaide, South Australia |
School | State School, School of Music, Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Mechanic |
Address | Brougham Place, North Adelaide, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Height | 5' 10" |
Weight | 147 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Annie Maria Corry, Brougham Place, North Adelaide, South Australia |
Previous military service | 28th Signal Company Army Engineers; CMF Signal Troop |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Keswick, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | Divisional Signal Company 1 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 22/11/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A10 Karroo on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Divisional Signal Company |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Age at death | 20 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 12), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 25 |
Family/military connections | Brother: medical officer with British Army Medical Corps |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Wounded, Gallipoli (no date); died of wounds on board HS 'Neuralia' between Gallipoli and Malta, 10 August 1915 (gun shot wound, abdomen). Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, CORRY Thomas Edison Spurgeon |