Gordon Clarence CORBOULD

CORBOULD, Gordon Clarence

    Service Number: 7297
    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), Epping War Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea, Teneriffe Submariners Walk
    Show Relationships

    Non Warlike Service

    14 Dec 1912: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman

    World War 2 Service

    17 Dec 1912: Enlisted 7297

    World War 1 Service

    14 Sep 1914: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, 7297, HMAS AE1 (Submarine), German New Guinea

    Help us honour Gordon Clarence Corbould's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

    Biography 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.

    Showing 2 of 2 images.
    Click images to start slideshow.

    Links and Documents