CORBETT, Cuthbert Brownlow
| Service Number: | 367 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Sussex, England, United Kingdom, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 25 October 1963, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales Plot: CATHOLIC MONUMENTAL, DD11, Grave 0053 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 367, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 367, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 1 Jan 1902: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 34, notes promoted to Corporal 1 Jan 1902. | |
| 1 Mar 1902: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Staff Sergeant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 34, notes promoted to Staff Sergeant 1 Mar 1902 | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Staff Sergeant, 367, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
His older brother, Arthur Brownlow Corbett, also served in the 5th QIB S.N. 366.
When Cuthbert Brownlow Corbett enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother, Cordelia St., South Brisbane. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 34, it is noted he directed part of his pay to a joint account held with Susan Corbett, and that his address was c/- his mother Mrs. Ellen M. Corbett, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane.
He was born Edward Cuthbert Brownlow Corbett (also known as Cuthbert Brownlow Corbett, Edward Brownlow Corbett and Edward Bernard Corbett) in 1880 at Sussex, England, a son to George Frederick Corbett and Ellen Mary Corbett (nee Kerr) also known as Susan Ellen Corbett. He emigrated with his parents in 1890 to Brisbane, Queensland.
As Cuthbert Brownlow Corbett he returned from Sydney where he was living to marry Ida Patricia Healy on 12 Apr 1909 at St Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane. After marrying they left Brisbane the same day to travel to their new home in Sydney. They had 4 children, the first born in NSW in 1910, and the remainder between 1912 and 1917 after they had relocated to Melbourne. At some point they again relocated back to Sydney where he passed in 1963 under the name Edward Brownlow Corbett.
(Souce- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 501; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 34).
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