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William Bennett CORIN

Regimental number2524
Place of birthThames, New Zealand
ReligionMethodist
OccupationMiner
AddressCulcairn, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation44
Next of kinWife, Mrs Fanny Jewell Corin, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand
Enlistment date9 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name45th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/62/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll45th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 9 May 1916 - 5th Rfcts, 45th Bn; taken on strength, 45th Bn, 7 May 1917; mortally wounded, 7 June 1917.
FateDied of wounds 14 June 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death45
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot XI, Row D, Grave No. 19), Surrey, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
139
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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