Ernest CORBETT DCM, MID

Ernest CORBETT DCM, MID Update Details

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Service Number:	94
Enlisted:	21 November 1914
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	46th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Curragh Camp, County Sligo, Kildare, Ireland, 2 July 1874
Home Town:	London, England, United Kingdom
Schooling:	Royal Hibernian Military School, Pheonix Park, Dublin, Ireland
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Natural causes, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 4 May 1931, aged 56 years
Cemetery:	Warringal Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:

21 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Staff Quartermaster Sergeant, 94, 15th Infantry Battalion
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement 94, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked 94, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
3 Jul 1915:	Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, ANZAC / Gallipoli, On 3rd May 1915, during operations near Gaba Tepe, for exceptional gallantry in serving his machine gun after he had been wounded, until it was put out of action, and again for rallying men and leading them to a second attack, retrieving a difficult situation.
28 Oct 1915:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, ANZAC / Gallipoli, On 3rd of May gallantly continued to man his MG on Pope's Hill
3 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Staff Quartermaster Sergeant, 46th Infantry Battalion
6 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 46th Infantry Battalion
5 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 94, 46th Infantry Battalion

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