| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0214 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Cornish, Edmund Warhurst Various |
| Place made | Belgium, France |
| Date made | 1917-1918; 1929 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/2707 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Cornish, Edmund Warhurst (Captain, b.1897 - d.1929)
Description
Collection relating to the First World War service of 2352 Captain Edmund Warhurst Cornish, MC and Bar, 13th, 45th and 63rd Infantry Battalions AIF and later No. 2 Squadron, AFC.
Collection consists of seven letters written by Cornish to his mother in Australia describing active service in France and later pilot training in England; two letters to Cornish's mother from people Cornish met in England; an undated newspaper cutting describing his actions that led to the awarding of the Military Cross; two official letters regarding the awarding of the Military Cross (1917) and Bar (1918), including citations; two letters informing his mother that he was recorded as missing during action in October 1918; one newspaper cutting reproducing a letter from King George V written to Captain Cornish on being released as a prisoner of war of the Germans; and a sheet of biographical information produced by the Australian War Memorial.
Cornish survived the war, but was killed in a flying accident near Marulan NSW, on 11 February 1929.