8th Light Horse Regiment
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George Corker (SN 1547) born at Mt. Oliver Victoria, was a 21 year old station hand when he enlisted at Ballarat on August 2nd 1915. On November 10th he embarked aboard the Ascanius and sailed to Egypt where he would serve with the 8th Light Horse Regiment. He avoided illness or injury until August 1918 when at Jerusalem he was struck down by malaria. Dangerously ill he was hospitalised in Egypt. He did recover and was returned to Australia aboard the Morvada, disembarked on August 25th 1919 and was discharged on October 17th.
His brother Arthur also served in the AIF and is honoured with a tree in the Avenue.
