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A Cornfield

Commemorated at
Given name
A (Arthur Foster)
Family name
Cornfield (Cornford)
Service number
3123
Additional information
Gender
M
Rank (legacy)
Private
Unit at embarkation
34 Battalion
Service (legacy)
Army
Conflicts
World War 1
Campaign (legacy)
Western Front
Veteran Notes/Bio

1.Listed Bungendore War Memorial Hall WW 1 ROH(1917) and Bygone Queanbeyan.

2. “MAPPING ANZACS”:Only one "Cornfield W.S." listed however the NAA records two "Cornfields" - see note below.There are two "Cornfords" listed. One "A.G".(Enlisted Victoria ) and another "A.F" (Enlisted Goulburn) Service Number: 3123 ;POB: Goulburn 1891:POE: Goulburn ; NOK: Father: William Cornford. It is considered that #3123 is probably the Digger commemorated on the Bungendore War Memorial.

3. AWM Embarkation Roll:No "Cornfield "listed.A.F. Cornford details as follows: Rank:Private ;Unit: 55 Infantry Battalion - 6 to 9 Reinforcements (October 1916 - January 1917); Embarked:11.11.1916.Sydney.HMAT Servic.A29. :Age: 25 ; DOE: 20.10.1916. RTA:17.06.1918.

4. AWM Nominal Roll:Does not list a "Cornfield".A.F. Cornford details are as folows: Rank:Private ;Unit: 34 Battalioin ; DOE:19.10.1916;RTA:17.06.1918.

5. Monaro Pioneers :Private, number 3123, 34th Battalion, 1st AIF Military Service 20 Oct 1916-17 Jun 1918 WW1 Note: Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 11 November 1916 .Death: 1940 in Goulburn, NSW Burial: Kenmore Cemetery Goulburn, NSW Catholic section.

6.NAA:Only "Cornfields" listed are:Williams George Cornfield : SERN 3487 : POB Hawksburn VIC : POE Melbourne VIC : NOK F Williams George and Cornfield William Saxon : SERN 9894 : POB Summer Hill NSW : POE Sydney NSW : NOK N/A.No record of a "Cornfield A."

7. Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer Friday 5 July 1918 records a welcome home in Bungendore for Privates T.. Whelan and O.Cornfield.

8. No other records of Cornfield found on Trove for period 1914-1919. 

9.Note by PJH 02.10.14: Desert Column website lists a Oswald Leopold Kornfield 30 Bn 7 Re-enforcements. Bungendore.

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