An early posting was at St. Phillip's Church in Kurana, Katunayake, followed by St Luke’s in Borella.

St. Luke's Church was packed on Easter Sunday morning (5 April) 1942 when Admiral Chuichi Nagumo and the Japanese Imperial Navy attacked the city of Colombo, Ceylon, during World War II.

The attack commenced around 7.30 a.m.; Corea was preaching at the time, when according to the parishioners of St. Luke's, the RAF Hawker Hurricanes swooped over the church to engage the Japanese Zero fighters in dogfights above the skies of Borella.

[7] Corea is also mentioned in the document as "one of four men who not only distinguished themselves in Theology, but also had the privilege of assisting their teacher in later years as Lecturers in the Divinity School.

[8] The funeral service was led by Harold De Soyza, the first-ever Sri Lankan Anglican bishop of Colombo.

[9] At the time of his death, Corea was editing a revised version of A History of the Church of Ceylon.

[10] Piyaneni was sung by Wijewardena's music partner Annesley Malewana and recorded at Auggie Ranaweera's studio in Bambalapitiya, in Colombo.

His younger son was Ernest Corea, who was Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United States, Cuba and Mexico.