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Edward Horace CORBITT

Regimental number31171
Place of birthNorth Sydney New South Wales
SchoolMosman Superior Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address'Nattai', Prince Street, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, E C Corbitt, 'Nattai', Prince Street, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date7 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameDivisional Ammunition Column 2, Reinforcement 12
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/90/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Orontes on 19 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 11 October 1918
Place of death or woundingEscaufort, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialBusigny Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot 8, Row C, Grave No. 42), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
17
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Elizabeth CORBITT, Prince Street, Mosman, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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