Fragments of the First AIF - 2/Lieut Arthur Bruce Cork

Bruce Cork, ostrich farmer from Toowoomba, Qld, had a successful military career. But a series of frustrations and more serious problems saw him make the worst of all decisions. A very sad story that highlights the lack of mental health support available to Australians in the 1930s and 40s.

Episode 11: 2/Lieutenant Arthur Bruce Cork, 9th Bn

Sources:

• ‘The Late Mrs Cork,’ Nepean Times, 27 May 1911 p.6

• ‘Ostrich Farming,’ The Shoalhaven News & South Coast Districts Advertiser, 14 May 1910, p.4

• ‘News, Notes, Comments,’ The Sydney Mail & NSW Advertiser, 17 June 1908, p.1561

• ‘Ostrich Farming at Wyreema,’ Warwick Examiner & Times, 24 January 1912, p.3

• ‘Loss of an Ostrich,’ The Cairns Post, 1 February 1912, p.4

• ‘A New Industry,’ The Bundaberg Mail & Burnett Advertiser, 22 August 1912, p.3

• Arthur Bruce Cork's Service Record

• ‘Lands Department Appointments,’ Daily Standard,13 June 1924, p.4

• ‘Personal,’ Townsville Daily Bulletin, 28 June 1938, p.7

• ‘Arthur Bruce Cork: The Cremation Oven Tragedies,’ Smith’s Weekly, 4 December 1948, p.18

• ‘Death of Mr FAH Cork,’ Nepean Times, 25 May 1939, p.6

• Ian Bruce Cork's Service Record

• ‘The Cork Tragedy,’ Townsville Daily Bulletin, 21 February 1945, p.2

• ‘“Wife’s Accident Sent Cork Berserk: CIB says Four People Involved in Tragedy,’ Queensland Times, 23 January 1945, p.3

• ‘Death of Family: Father’s Pathetic Letter,’ The West Australian, 23 February 1945, p.7

• ‘Cork Inquest Closed,’ Townsville Daily Bulletin, 22 February 1945, p.2

• ‘Station Tragedy: Letter Found in Box: Four Victims,’ The Sun News-Pictorial, 23 January 1945, p.6

• ‘Family Murders Probe: Alternative Theories,’ Truth, 25 February 1945, p.12