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Born: 21 January 1890
Died: 11 February 1957
Arts I (e) : Staff-Sergeant, 56th Battn., A.I.F., France and England.
Enlisting 5th May, 1916, and sailing with 8th Reinforcements, joined battn. on the Somme, 7th February, 1917, and served till wounded at Bullecourt in May and sent to Rouen Hospital. On recovery was attached to H.Q., London, from 25th June, 1917, until return in July, 1920, being engaged for a few months on special duties at Calais and other parts of France. Promoted sergeant, 21st May, 1918; staff-sergeant, 1st September, 1919.
Early education at Mosman Public, Fort St. and Sydney High Schools.
Source: Book of Remembrance, University of Sydney
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- CORNISH, CECIL SAMUEL: Book of Remembrance, University of Sydney (webpage)
- Pte. C.S. Cornish (photograph)
- Pte. C.S. Cornish on Flickr: biographical notes by Geraldine Walsh (website)
- Cornish Cecil Samuel : SERN 2632 : POB Balmain NSW : POE Goulburn NSW : NOK F Cornish William (webpage)
- RECRUITING IN GOULBURN. (newspaper article)
- PERSONAL. VICE-REGAL. [Return to Australia] (newspaper article)
- Marriage Notice (newspaper article)
- DISMISSAL Department of the Attorney-General and of Justice. (newspaper article)
- Commemorations
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- CORNISH C. S. on the South Face of the Mosman War Memorial
- Cornish, C.S. on the Mosman Public School Roll of Honour