Obituary LT-COL. F. C. CORNWALL

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31113, 16 July 1966, Page 19

Obituary LT-COL. F. C. CORNWALL

(N.Z. Press Association) AUCKLAND, July 15. Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Charles Cornwall, M.C., Legion of Merit (U.S.A.), has died in Auckland, aged 70. Bom in Manchester, England, he migrated to New Zealand in 1912. In the Firet World War he went overseas with the Taranaki company of the Wellington Regiment. He was wounded at Walker’s ridge, Gallopoli, in 1915, and at Passchendaele, Belgium, in 1917. He was commissioned in the field and was awarded the Military Cross for Gallantry at Passchendaele. After the Armistice, he farmed at Matakana and was a part-time instructor at Papakura Military Camp. During the Second World War he served first in Fiji. He was promoted to major in 1942, and in 1943 was appointed camp commandant of the base training depot of the 35th Battalion in New Caledonia. Later that year he was promoted to lieutenantcolonel and appointed to the command of the 30th Battalion in Guadalcanal. Lieutenant-Colonel Cornwall organised and commanded the commando raid on Mission Island in 1944, and was mentioned in dispatches. He was also awarded the Legion of Merit (U.SA.) for outstanding war service in the South Pacific. After the war, LieutenantColonel Cornwall became manager of Boracure, Auckland, Ltd., a position he held until his death.