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| Surname | | CORBETT |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Arthur Brownlow |
| Regimental Number | | 366 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: Sergeant 10.7.1901.
B5172: next of kin in Brisbane Qld.
Source:# 973 older brother of Cuthbert 5QIB, born in 1877 at New Shoreham Sussex Eng. the family migrated to Brisbane Qld. in 1890 and in 1899 Arthur joined the Post and Telegraph Department as a Junior Clerk returning to the PMG Dept. after the war. In 1933 he was appointed Deputy-Director of Posts and Telegraphs Qld. and in 1938 was awarded an MBE. In 1939 he was appointed Director-General of the new Department of Civil Aviation and eventually retired in 1944. Corbett was known to his staff as 'ABC' or, to those less charitable, 'The Alphabetical Old Bastard'. In 1945 he chaired the provisional executive formed to create a State branch of the Liberal Party. In retirement he established a plantation at Montville Qld. dieing in 1970 aged 93.
URL1: biography and photo.
URL3: Mr. Arthur CORBETT, of the Accountant's Branch of the GPO, and Mr. Cuthbert CORBETT, of the Customs, are at present [c27.11.1902] camping out at Manly, though coming in daily to their work in town. These brothers went to South Africa as members of the Fighting Fifth.
URL4: SERGEANTS' WELCOME HOME. There was a time of unalloyed pleasure at the Sergeants' Institute, Treasury Chambers, on Saturday evening last [3.5.1902], when the members assembled in strong force to extend a welcome-home to their fellow non- commissioned officers of the Fifth Queensland Imperial Bushmen. Quartermaster Sergeant EDE occupied the Chair in the unavoidable absence of the Garrison Sergeant-major CHALMERS, and the visitors of the Fifth Contingent present included Lieutenant LOYNES, Sergeant-major PRICE (warrant officer), Sergeant-major BYRNES, Quartermaster-sergeant GOODE, Sergeant majors WILLIAMS, KNYVETT, BOWMAN and Sergeants NAYLOR, COLLINS, LEETCH, CB and AB CORBETT, LACEY, AYSCOUGH, FERGUSON, MARSH, HINTON and ARMSTRONG.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 501
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 973
Qld.Figaro: The Queensland Figaro newspaper date(s) 27.11.1902
Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 5.5.1902
| | External Link URL1 | | www.airwaysmuseum.com/Arthur Brownlow Corbett biog.htm | | External Link URL2 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84124807 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19193890 |
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