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Mar 2, 1883
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Born in Brockville, Ontario to John and Mary
Corbett
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Sep 9, 1915
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Shown on the payroll of the 41st
Regiment, Brockville Rifles
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Sep 10, 1915
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Attested into the 80th Battalion in
Brockville, Ontario
Ø Number 219288
Ø Next of kin given as Mildred Janet Corbett, wife, 51 Bennett St.,
Brockville, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Electrician
Ø Previous military experience given as 7 years with the 41st
Regiment, Brockville Rifles, Canadian Militia
Ø Religion given as Methodist
The battalion carried out training in the
Barriefield Camp, near Kingston
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Sep 28, 1915
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Promoted to the rank Provisional Sergeant
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Nov 1, 1915
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Promoted to the rank of Sergeant
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Mar 6, 1916
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Appointed to the position of Provisional CSM
(Company Sergeant Major)
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May 16, 1916
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Embarked the SS Baltic in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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May 30, 1916
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Disembarked in Liverpool, England and proceeded
to the Bordon Camp, in Hampshire
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Jun 5, 1916
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Confirmed in the position of Acting CSM
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Jun 15, 1916
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Posted to the 74th Battalion in
Bramshott
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Aug 28, 1916
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Posted back to the 80th Battalion in
Bramshott
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Sep 22, 1916
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Posted to the 75th Base Provisional
Battalion
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Dec 1, 1916
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On Command to the OTC (Officer Training Centre)
in Crowborough
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Jan 22, 1917
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Posted to the 12th
Reserve Battalion in East Sandling
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Feb 3, 1917
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Appointed to a Commission with the rank of
Temporary Lieutenant on completion of the 6th OTC Class
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Mar 2, 1917
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Posted to the 6th Reserve Battalion
in Seaford
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Mar 11, 1917
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Rank now shown as Lieutenant
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Jul 23, 1917
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On Command to the Officer Training Battalion in
Seaford
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Aug 21, 1917
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Rejoined the 6th Reserve Battalion
from the Officer Training Battalion
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Aug 24, 1917
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Posted to the 21st Battalion
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Aug 26, 1917
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Arrived at the No. 2 CIBD (Canadian Infantry
Base Depot) in Etaples, France and TOS (Taken On Strength) the 21st Battalion
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Aug 31, 1917
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Joined the 21st Battalion in billets
in Villers au Bois
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From the Communiqué, the 21st
Battalion Association post war newsletter
From the 7 individual
service files, it appears that the Silver 7 actually joined the battalion over a period of
4 or 5 days of the same week.
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Sep 23, 1917
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Proceeded on Course
There is no record of the type of course, nor
when he rejoined the battalion
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Nov 3, 1917
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The 21st Battalion moved into the
Passchendaele front near Crest Farm and Lieut Raymond Corbett was killed during an
artillery barrage the first night there.
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From the 21st Battalion War Diary:
“Our casualties during the 48 hours in the line were 2 Officers killed, 1 Officer
died of wounds, 2 Officers wounded, 41 Other ranks killed and 89 other ranks wounded”
Lieut Corbett was buried in the Tyne Cot
Cemetery, Passchendaele, Belgium
Following the war the British War Medal, Victory
Medal, Plaque (Dead Man’s Penny), Scroll and Memorial Cross were sent to his wife at
127 Pearl St., E., Brockville, Ontario
There was no 2nd Memorial Cross
issued as his mother had predeceased him.
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