[1] At the age of three months, he relocated with his parents to Papua New Guinea where his father managed a rubber plantation near Port Moresby.

[1] He and his parents returned to Melbourne when they were evacuated back to Australia from Papua New Guinea after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941.

[2] After returning to Melbourne, Corke began attending South Auburn Primary School and then Scotch College.

[8][9] After Victorian governor Sir Dallas Brooks had officially opened the station, Corke and Terry Dear compered the evening's variety entertainment.

[10] From the program's inception in 1957 until 1959, Corke was a regular on GTV-9's variety show In Melbourne Tonight, where he appeared as an offsider to host Graham Kennedy.

[11] Corke left In Melbourne Tonight in 1959 upon the arrival of Bert Newton who formed a successful on air partnership with Kennedy.

[4] In December 1961, Corke was involved in an attempted rescue of a 65-year-old woman who was trapped in a burning unit in the suburb of Toorak.

[2] Corke was portrayed by actor Donal Forde in The King - a 2007 biographical movie about Graham Kennedy.