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CORBY, Maurice Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6717 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 January 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 8th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Kyneton, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Queenstown, West Coast, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | St Mary's School, Kyneton, Victoria. Langley School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 28 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Menin Road South Military Cemetery Plot 111, Row K, Grave 6 headstone inscription reads: May his soul rest in peace Amen, Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kyneton War Memorial, Langley Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6717, 8th Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 11 Mar 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 6717, 8th Field Company Engineers, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 6717, 8th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 3 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 6717, 8th Field Company Engineers, Shrapnel wound to the thumb. Invalided to Rouen Hosptial on 10 November 1916 then transported to England on 24 November 1916 on board HS Goorhka | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 6717, 8th Field Company Engineers, Polygon Wood | |
| 27 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 6717, 8th Field Company Engineers, Third Ypres, Multiple SW. Evacuated to 15th Australian Field Ambulance however died of wounds same day. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Maurice Joseph Corby is also remembered on the Langley School Honour Roll, Vic.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John and Susan Corby of Bowes Street, Queenstown, Tasmania. Brother of Eugene Jospeh Corby who was killied in action on 9 May 1915 while serving with the 15th Battalion and has no known grave
Medals; British War Medal, Victory Medal