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John Corrie Returns to Jamberoo

On 28th February 1916, John Corrie decided to enlist in the Home Defence Force as a Recruiting Sergeant at Jamberoo, in the Kiama District.

Recruiting Sergeant

He was also mentioned in a local newspaper as being appointed recruiting Sergeant on 8th March 1916. An interesting comment in the article says “Sergeant Dymock was wounded at Gallipoli with a gunshot wound in the shoulder”. No evidence can be found of John Corrie being at Gallipoli. His unit, when it reached Alexandria in Egypt, was immediately diverted to England.

Appointment as Recruiting Sergeant

The same newspaper reported his attendance at a Recruitment Association meeting, held in Kiama, soon after he was appointed to his role.

John Corrie Dymock married Millicent Smith on 18th March 1916 at the Christ Church, Kiama. How John Corrie and Millicent met is unknown.

John Corrie Dymock and Millicent Smith Marriage Certificate

Just five days after his wedding, on 23rd March 1916, John Corrie was transferred from Recruiting Sergeant to Quartermaster Sergeant at Kiama.

Transfers to Quartermaster Sergeant Kiama Camp [43]

John Corrie spent seven months as the Quartermaster Sergeant but resigned from Home Service on 18th September 1916.

Resigns from Home Service [44]

The first of their children, John Roulston Dymock, was born on 1st January 1917 in the Emlyn Private Hospital, Summer Hill, Sydney. (The suburb of Summer Hill adjoins Ashfield where John Roulston stated as his place of birth on his enlistment papers with the army on 17th September 1940.)

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[43] - [44] National Archives of Australia - Dymock John Corrie : SERN 1844