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CORRY, William Benjamin Clement
(Service number 36420)

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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

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Military Awards

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No information

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Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

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Death

Date 19 June 1967 Age 72 years
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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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