Bruce Francis Patrick CORBETT-THOMPSON

CORBETT-THOMPSON, Bruce Francis Patrick

Service Numbers: QX13459, 404560
Enlisted: 27 June 1940, Kelvin Grove, Queensland Signals section
Last Rank: Pilot Officer
Last Unit: Fortress / Coastal Artillery & Supporting Elements
Born: Wrexham Lodge, The Green, Ealing, England, 26 June 1912
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Jackeroo & Station Bookeeper
Died: Aircraft accident, Kent, United Kingdom, 14 October 1941, aged 29 years
Cemetery: Hawkinge Cemetery and Crematorium, Kent, England
Plot O, Row 2, Grave 49,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

27 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX13459, Lines of Communication Signals, Kelvin Grove, Queensland Signals section
23 Sep 1940: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX13459
11 Oct 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 404560, Brisbane
11 Oct 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 404560
14 Oct 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 404560, Fortress / Coastal Artillery & Supporting Elements , 1 Coastal Artillery Co-operation unit, RAF

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Bruce Francis Patrick CORBETT-THOMPSON was born at Wrexham Lodge, The Green, Ealing, England on 26th June 1912

His parents were Francis Stuart CORBETT-THOMPSON and Eileen Claire Marie McGRATH

He married Anna Ruth Edith HAYWARD in Queensland on 31st May, 1935

He first enlisted in the Army on 27th June 1940 and was discharged on 23rd September, 1940 - he then enlisted in the RAAF on 11th October, 1940

Bruce died in an Aircraft Accident as a Pilot of a Blenheim IV F T1951 aircraft in Kent, England while serving with the RAF in the 1 Coastal Artillery co-operation unit

He is buried in the Hawkinge Cemetery in Kent

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