James Corbett

1874-1934

Unit

5th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37661

About

Born in New Zealand

4 July 1874
Parents

Mother

Mary Corbett

Father

James Corbett
Residence

Hometown

Dunedin
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Own
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 60

11 October 1934

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5530 99/0028352, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.62, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “James Corbett (1874-1934)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/159