Captain Edmund Warhurst Cornish

Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant
Birth Date 1897
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Dulwich Hill
Death Date 1929-02-11
Death Place Australia: New South Wales, Marulan
Final Rank Captain
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 45th Battalion Attached 12th Brigade Headquarters
  • Australian Flying Corps
  • No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
  • 45th Australian Infantry Battalion
Places
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1917-04-26
Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-17
Published in London Gazette in 1918-04-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-05-02
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-08-21
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-09-24

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    45th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
    London Gazette
    17 December 1917 on page 13181 at position 2
    Commonwealth Gazette
    02 May 1918 on page 1034 at position 212
  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    Australian Flying Corps
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    45th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant
    London Gazette
    26 April 1917 on page 3939 at position 2
    Commonwealth Gazette
    21 August 1917 on page 1785 at position 1
  • Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Files:

    Unit
    No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    45th Battalion Attached 12th Brigade Headquarters
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain

Timeline

Date of birth 1897
Date of enlistment 29 May 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 16 October 1917
Date returned to Australia 16 March 1919
Date of death 11 February 1929