Thomas Harold Cook Cornforth

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First Name:

Thomas

Middle Name:

Harold Cook

Last Name:

Cornforth

Date of Birth:

Saturday, March 28, 1891

Mother's Name:

Elizabeth (nee Cook)

Father's Name:

Samuel Cornforth

Date Enlisted:

Monday, December 10, 1917

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Sergeant

Unit:

Australian Flying Corps

Service:

Australian Flying Corps

Awards:

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Details:

Sergeant Thomas Cornforth (Service no. 2985) was born in Wollongong on 28th March, 1891 and was a single 26 year old electrical contractor when he enlisted. He embarked on HMAT A71 Nestor on 28th February, 1918 with the Australian Flying Corps November 1917 Reinforcements.

He saw service on the Western Front as an air mechanic and on 1st October was promoted to Sergeant. He returned to Australia in May 1919 and was discharged on 4th July, 1919.

In 1922 Thomas married Mary Mortlock in Wollongong and he married a second time in 1936 to Catherine Mooney at Canterbury. He died in 1958.

Thomas Cornforth is remembered on the Wollongong Congregational Church Roll of Honour.