CORBETT-THOMPSON, Bruce Francis Patrick
| Service Numbers: | QX13459, 404560 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 June 1940, Kelvin Grove, Queensland Signals section |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | Fortress / Coastal Artillery & Supporting Elements |
| Born: | Wrexham Lodge, The Green, Ealing, England, 26 June 1912 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Jackeroo & Station Bookeeper |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, Kent, United Kingdom, 14 October 1941, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Hawkinge Cemetery and Crematorium, Kent, England Plot O, Row 2, Grave 49, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 27 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX13459, Lines of Communication Signals, Kelvin Grove, Queensland Signals section | |
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| 23 Sep 1940: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX13459 | |
| 11 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 404560, Brisbane | |
| 11 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 404560 | |
| 14 Oct 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 404560, Fortress / Coastal Artillery & Supporting Elements , 1 Coastal Artillery Co-operation unit, RAF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Bruce Francis Patrick CORBETT-THOMPSON was born at Wrexham Lodge, The Green, Ealing, England on 26th June 1912
His parents were Francis Stuart CORBETT-THOMPSON and Eileen Claire Marie McGRATH
He married Anna Ruth Edith HAYWARD in Queensland on 31st May, 1935
He first enlisted in the Army on 27th June 1940 and was discharged on 23rd September, 1940 - he then enlisted in the RAAF on 11th October, 1940
Bruce died in an Aircraft Accident as a Pilot of a Blenheim IV F T1951 aircraft in Kent, England while serving with the RAF in the 1 Coastal Artillery co-operation unit
He is buried in the Hawkinge Cemetery in Kent
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