bars december august distinguished australian soldier served bearer world war enlisted january allocated initially posted grenade section bearing duties twice awarded military medal devotion duty aiding wounded soldiers twice person awarded military medal times born new_south_wales employed leaving school january member men recruiting march enlisting returning australia armistice discharged medical grounds employed number jobs enlisting militia battalion service second world war died buried military honours section early life born december new_south_wales eighth child wife ellen née educated leaving martin january marched member men recruiting march enlisted january majority members march allotted world war following training camp embarked overseas september aboard port sydney 4th reinforcements arriving england spent months 14th training battalion camp near wiltshire joining february france posted grenade section company took capture april brigade action near suffering heavy losses commanding officer 55th called volunteers assist thirty men volunteered seventeen hours assisted carrying wounded approximately kilometres dressing station awarded military medal action following engagements 5th division spent months reserve moving sector belgium regular bearer decorated bar military medal actions september subject heavy artillery machine gun fire frequently ventured man land tend wounded winter posted sector granted leave united_kingdom february leave ill spent ninety days hospital rejoining battalion july shortly allies launched offensive germans august 55th battalion involved capture september received second bar military medal september subject heavy machine gun artillery fire continually assisted wounded aid promoted corporal september placed charge battalion led battle north september attended wounded exposed fire continued direct bearer parties action wounded receiving wounds right groin thigh engagement awarded bar military medal evacuated casualty station operated receiving transfer general hospital operated sent hospital bristol england repatriated australia april medically discharged june later life returning employed contract moving canberra employed camp september catholic_church married pair later daughter marriage dissolved worked office cleaner enlisted service second world war september posted 2nd years medically discharged private october went series jobs including employment cook survey party leading hand canberra crippled soon admitted private nursing home died august buried military honours section medals displayed hall australian war memorial medals copies military medal bars viewed member years memorial following donations people memorial plaque erected plaque moved committee involved relocation decided erect based painting australian war memorial depicting bringing wounded soldiers heavy shell fire world war local artist sculptor commissioned undertake project constructed steel concrete erected war memorial area april inscription memorial reads
Ernest Albert Corey