James Robert CORBETT

CORBETT, James Robert

Service Number: 44
Enlisted: 4 December 1915
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 35th Infantry Battalion
Born: Cresswick, Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, 2 June 1878
Home Town: West Wallsend, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales
Occupation: Storeman
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 17 October 1917, aged 39 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cameron Park Employees of N VAISEY Roll of Honour, West Wallsend Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

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World War 1 Service

4 Dec 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 44, 35th Infantry Battalion
1 May 1916: Embarked Private, 44, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
17 Oct 1917: Involvement Corporal, 44, 35th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 44 awm_unit: 35th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-17

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