Henry David Corney

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First Name:

Henry

Middle Name:

David

Last Name:

Corney

Date of Birth:

Tuesday, June 9, 1891

Mother's Name:

Martha Corney nee Perkins

Father's Name:

William Corney

Date Enlisted:

Friday, September 25, 1914

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

13th Battalion

Company:

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

1914/1915 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Thursday, December 6, 1951

Place of Death:

Bulli, N.S.W.

Details:

Henry Corney (Service No 147) was born in Lithgow, N.S.W.

At enlistment Henry was single, 22 years old, employed as a wheeler and lived at Coledale, N.S.W. He embarked from Melbourne on HMAT A38 Ulysses with 13th Battalion, B Company on 22nd December 1914 and arrived in Egypt in February 1915.

Henry's AIF file is somewhat confusing, with contradicting dates and entries, but he was wounded twice on Gallipoli, on 14th May and 23rd August 1915, receiving gun shot wounds to his legs and wrist. He was evacuated on 30th November 1915 due to illness and treated in hospital in Egypt.

Henry arrived in France on 16th October 1916 and served on the Western Front. He joined 13 Battalion, B Company on 11th April 1918 and was wounded in action a third time on 22nd June 1918, and evacuated to hospital in England for treatment of a gun shot wound to his right leg.

He was returned to Australia in December 1918 on special 1914 leave and discharged on 17th March 1919.

In 1922 he married Emma Bovis in Bulli and the couple raised a family.

Henry died in 1951 and is buried in Woronora Cemetery, N.S.W. His service is commemorated on the Bulli-Woonona War Memorial.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, CORNEY H D