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Bugler Joshua Moses Corken

 

 

Number: 33582

Company: 61st (Dublin) Company (New), 17th Battalion, Second Contingent

ENLISTMENT

Date: 7 March 1901

Place: Belfast

Age: 20 years 3 months

Trade or calling: Dispenser (apprenticed to Alexander Boyd & Co. 2 years)

Place of birth: In the Parish of Blaris, in or near the Town of Lisburn, in the County of Antrim

Family: Single. Father George Robert Corken (dec.), dealer, mother Annie Moorhead Corken (nee Gibson), of Broomhedge, Lisburn

Previous military service: Nil

Description: Height 5' 1 1/2". Complexion fresh, eyes blue, hair black. Scar right knee.

Religion: Church of England

ACTIVE SERVICE

Date to South Africa: 26 March 1901

Date home: 29 July 1902

Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, 1901, 1902 clasps.

DISCHARGE

Date: 5 August 1902

Place: Aldershot

Reason for discharge: The termination of his engagement

Intended place of residence: Broomhedge, Lisburn

Conduct: Very good

Special qualifications: Chemist

 

In November 1903 Corken emigrated to Australia. He settled at Wonthaggi, Victoria, where he married Margaret Hannah Griffiths in 1915. In the First World War he served in the Australian Army (No.2658), enlisting in February 1916. He served in France with the 60th Battalion AIF from January 1917, but was returned to Australia in July 1918 following an injury to his left foot. He died on 14 July 1939 and was buried in the Wonthaggi Cemetery.

 

 

It is possible that Corken is the bugler on the right of the picture below, which shows the officers and NCOs of the 61st (SIH) Company (New) prior to their departure for South Africa in March 1901.

 

 

Image of Corken from The Belfast Weekly Telegraph, 21 September 1901. Cemetery image from the Find a Grave website.

This page last updated 17 November 2024.