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Cleland John Corbet

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Cleland John AWMM
  • Surname
    Corbet AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 193162 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    • 18 August 1916 Public - Kate Emily - Other relative - 26 August 2019 - Department of Internal Affairs. Birth, Death and Marriages Online. Retrieved from https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/home
    • 17 June 1915 Public - Kate Emily - Other relative - 26 August 2019 - Birth, Death and Marriages Online. Retrieved from https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/home
  • Place of birth
    • New Zealand Public - Kate Emily - Other relative - 26 August 2019 - Department of Internal Affairs. Birth, Death and Marriages Online. Retrieved from https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/home
    • New Zealand Public - Kate Emily - Other relative - 26 August 2019 - Birth, Death and Marriages Online. Retrieved from https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/home
  • Birth notes
    • Second son of John Smith Corbet & Mary Masterton Millar. Public - Kate Emily - Other relative - 26 August 2019 - Department of Internal Affairs. Birth, Death and Marriages Online. Retrieved from https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/home
    • First son of John Smith Corbet & Mary Masterton Millar. Public - Kate Emily - Other relative - 26 August 2019 - Birth, Death and Marriages Online. Retrieved from https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/home
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM Dover St., Mataura AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. M. Corbet, Dover St., Mataura (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1942 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 193162 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Last born daughter to Clel's second wife Dulcie Nora Corbet (nee Matthews). Little known of my father's war history other than he used to correspond with someone in Malta. He died doing what he loved, playing tennis.
    Public - Melanie - Child - 26 September 2021
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Sources

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  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    p.87 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
26 September 2021MelanieTakapunaChild
26 August 2019Kate EmilyDunedin, Otago, New Zealand Other relative

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