In Memory Of

CORNICK, FRANK

Service Details
Age:
 40
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 10521
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 4th Regt.
Unit 2:
 "C" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1917-09-20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Menin Road)
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 15 - 16 and 16A.
Cemetery:
 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
 Belgium
Additional Information
Son of Joseph Cornick, of Terminus Hotel, Southampton, England; husband of Florence Johanna Margaret Foster (formerly Cornick), of 5, Edward St., Claremont, Cape Province. Born in Southampton, a shunter by occupation, enlisted as Private 10521 in the 4th South African Infantry (South African Scottish) at Potchefstroom, Transvaal on 4 November 1916. He embarked for France from England on 21 May 1917, arriving at Rouen the next day, joining his unit on 13 June 1917.