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Andrew Cornaga

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Mr. and Mrs. V. Cornaga, of Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand. Native of Auckland.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
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Biographical Notes:

" Bombardier Andrew Cornaga, who has been killed in action, was the third son of Mr. Victor Cornaga, of Auckland. He was born in Auckland, and was in his 25th year. He was educated at the Normal School. At the time he enlisted he was in the employ of Messrs. Ross and Glendening. Bombardier Cornaga was for two years a member of the A Battery, in which unit he went through the Gallipoli campaign. Bombardier Cornaga was well-known in sporting circles, having been a prominent amateur runner and an enthusiastic member and player of the Marist Brothers' Old Boys' Football Club. He was also a keen yachtsman as a member of the North Shore Yacht and Victoria Cruising Clubs. His brother Victor, who also went with the main body, in at present invalided in England, and another brother, Albert, is in camp at Narrow Neck with the Tunnelling Corps."

NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME LIII, ISSUE 16363, 18 OCTOBER 1916, PAGE 8

 

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Casualty

Service Number: 
2/175
Name:
Andrew Cornaga
Rank: 
Gunner
Date of Birth:
13 February 1892
Place of Birth: 
Auckland, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
Mr V Cornaga (father), Masonic Hotel, Cambridge
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Gleeson's Hotel, Hobson Street, Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Warehouseman
Employer:
Ross & Glendinning, Auckland
Unit:
New Zealand Field Artillery, 1 Battery

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
26 September 1916
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
26
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Main Body
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
16 October 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 7
HMNZT 10
Vessel:
Limerick or Arawa
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Guards' Cemetery, Lesboeufs
Cemetery Reference: 
II. F. 10.
Cemetery Location: 
France
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