Eric CORBETT

Regimental number56246
OccupationChemist
Next of kinAunt, Mrs Henry Tanner, Bloomfield Road, Epsom, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 29th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington, New Zealand, on board SS Mokoia on 13 August 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 17 July 1918
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialBagneux British Cemetery (Plot III, Row D, Grave No 10), Gezaincourt, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late Bowyer and Emily Corbett, Tauranga
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 70, p. 5

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