Private Joseph Hill Corken
Number: 11006
Company: 60th (Belfast) Company, 17th Battalion, First Contingent
ENLISTMENT
Date: 17 February 1900
Place: Belfast
Age: 21 years
Trade or calling: Chemist
Place of birth: In the Parish of Crumlin, in or near the Town of Crumlin, in the County of Antrim
Address: Crumlin
Family: Single. Father Phillip Corken (or Corkin), famer, mother Emma Corken (nee Hill), of Crumlin, County Antrim.
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 5 1/2". Complexion pale, eyes grey, hair brown. Scar neck; birthmark left buttock; scar right wrist; scar left eyebrow, scar right shin.
Religion: Church of England
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 6 April 1900
Date home: 8 June 1901
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Rhodesia, 1901 clasps.
DISCHARGE
Date: 15 June 1901
Place: Belfast
Reason for discharge: The termination of his engagement
Intended place of residence: Crumlin, County Antrim
Conduct: Good
Special qualifications: Good groom
Northern Whig, 3 April 1900
Image of Corken from The Ballymena Weekly Telegraph, 4 August 1900.
This page last updated 5 February 2025.