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James Stephen CORBY

Regimental number3278
Place of birthSouth Yarra Victoria
SchoolChristian Brothers College, St Kilda, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationBank teller
AddressSt Kilda, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, William Corby, Sub-inspector, Inspector's Office, South Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceLt in Citizen Forces, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date20 November 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 December 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name58th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/75/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 25 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Belgium
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialMenin Road South Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row B1, Grave No. 2), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
165
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Mary CORBY, 46 Millswyn Street, South Yarra, Victoria. Native of Melbourne, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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