CORBETT, Harold William
| Service Number: | 6876 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 March 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kogarah, NSW, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Waverley Public School |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Canberra Sun Newspapers Limited Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6876, Reinforcements WW1, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 16 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 6876, 1st Divisional Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marere embarkation_ship_number: A21 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 6876, 1st Divisional Train, HMAT Marere, Sydney | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 6876, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6876 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William and Amelia CORBETT, "The Moorings", Denham Street, Bondi, New South Wales
SERGEANT HAROLD CORBETT
Sergeant Harold ("Snow") Corbett, second son of Mr. W. F. Corbett, the well-known sporting writer, is wounded and missing in France. Over two months ago word came that he had been wounded, but a cable received last night notified that he had been missing since May 3.
Sergeant Corbett, who at the time of his enlistment was on the reporting staff of "The Sun," ' sailed from Sydney two years ago, and saw service against the Senussi in Tripoli. When the work of the Australians in that campaign had been completed he went with his section of the Army Service Corps to France, and while still attached to that unit, was wounded in the bands with shrapnel. He did not report his injuries, but they became so bad that he had to be sent to England to have them attended to.
While there he transferred to the infantry, and on returning to France took his place in the front-line trenches. Shortly, afterwards he was made a corporal, and a little later was promoted to the rank of sergeant, and given charge of a machine-gun section. Over two months ago he was reported as having been wounded a second time, and as no further information was forthcoming, it was assumed that he was not in a serious condition, and was in a base hospital.
Sergeant Corbett was a good all-round athlete, and before his enlistment played First Grade football with the Eastern Suburbs and Annandale Clubs.
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