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CORRY, William Benjamin Clement
(Service number 36420)

Court Star of Waihao No. 7929 Roll of Honour WWI — Roll of Honour Court Star of Waihao (No. 7929). Ancient Order of Foresters. Members who took part in the Great War 1914-1919.

Coloured parchment poster surrounded by individual photographs of servicemen. Poster has central circular insert with handwritten inscription :-
'LEST WE FORGET, Members who took part in the Great War 1914-1919'

Includes photographs of: Bro J. Gynes, Bro C.W. Carbis, Bro S.R. Dickson, P.C.R. Bro H. Head, Bro H.N. Jones, Bro L.A. Mansfield, Bro R.C. Buller, P.C.R. Bro L.S. Marshall, Bro J.B. Robson, Bro W.H. Caple, Bro W.B. Corry, P.C.R. Bro J. McLeay; also includes places (but no photographs) for: P.C.R. Bro J.H. Woods, P.C.R. Bro A.E. McMurtrie, P.C.R. Bro W. McGillivray, Bro J. McGillivray (Waimate Museum & Archives 2002-1026-03074)

W B Corry — From the Roll of Honour for the Court Star of Waihao (No. 7929). Ancient Order of Foresters - Members who took part in the Great War 1914-1919. (Waimate Museum & Archives 2002-1026-03074)

Aliases
First Rank		Last Rank

Birth

Date	11/03/1895	Place of Birth	Alford Forest near Methven

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	C/o Mr Lawlor, Morven
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Ben CORRY (father), Morven, Canterbury
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation
Unit, Squadron, or Ship
Date
Transport
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
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Military Awards

Campaigns
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Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	19 June 1967	Age	72 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 142, Plot 484
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William Benjamin Clement Corry was the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Ann Corry. He was educated at the Waihao Native School near Waimate. His older brother Edward Thomas Corry was killed in action in France in 1918.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 December 2017]; School Admission record (Waimate Branch NZSG) [21 December 2017]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District council) [21 December 2017]

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Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum); Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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