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CORBOULD, Gordon Clarence
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7297 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 December 1912 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS AE1 (Submarine) |
| Born: | Strawberry Hills, New South Wales, 10 April 1887 |
| Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney High School |
| Occupation: | Law Clerk/Able Seaman |
| Died: | Accidental (Drowned in accidental loss of vessel), St George's Channel, Papua New Guinea, St George's Channel, New Pomerania, Bismarck Archipelago, German New Guinea, 14 September 1914, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave (at sea), Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crib Point RAN WW1 Roll of Honour (Panel 1), Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea, Teneriffe Submariners Walk |
Service History
Non Warlike Service
| 14 Dec 1912: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman |
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World War 2 Service
| 17 Dec 1912: | Enlisted 7297 |
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World War 1 Service
| 14 Sep 1914: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, 7297, HMAS AE1 (Submarine), German New Guinea |
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Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Gordon Clarence CORBOULD was born at Strawberry Hills, Sydney on 10th April, 1887
His parents were Ernest Edward CORBOULD and Alice EVELAGH who married in Sydney in 1883
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial, the Plymount Naval Memorial in England, the Epping War Memorial in Sydney & a memorial plaque at the Tamarama Surf Life Saving Club in Sydney where he had worked as a lifesaver.
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