Edwin Hall Corney

Private

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Son of Walter and Mary Corney, of 8, Pompallier Terrace, Ponsonby, Auckland.

References:

CWGC

Archives New Zealand

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Featherston Military Camp advises that 82958, Private Edwin Hall Corney, Specialist Company, 47th Reinforcements, died at the Auckland Hospital on 20th August. The cause of death is suspected as cerebro-spinal meningitis. Deceased was 20 years of age, and his father was Mr. Walter Corney, 8, Pompallier street, Ponsonby, Auckland.

EVENING POST, VOLUME XCVI, ISSUE 46, 22 AUGUST 1918, PAGE 7

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Casualty

Service Number:

82958

Name:

Edwin Hall Corney

Rank:

Private

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Walter Corney (father), 8 Pompallier Terrace, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

New Zealand Training Unit

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died of Sickness

Date of Death:

20 August 1918

Day of Death:

Tuesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Purewa Public Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Block E, Row 58, Grave 41.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand