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Horace Kenneth Corbett

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Horace Kenneth Corbett

October 14, 1939

Military Service

Service Number:

C/897

Age:

25

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information

Born:

February 16, 1914
Campbellton, New Brunswick

Son of Hannah S. Corbett, of Fredericton.

Commemorated on Page 8 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

SOUTH DEVON (SUNNY BANK) CEMETERY
New Brunswick, Canada

Grave Reference:

Family Plot.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Biography– In memory the students of the University of New Brunswick who went to war and did not return. Submitted of the project, Operation Picture Me.

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    Biography
    Biography – In memory the students of the University of New Brunswick who went to war and did not return. Submitted of the project, Operation Picture Me.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star September 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star September 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star September 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star September 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star September 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star September 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Grave marker of Pilot Officer Horace Kenneth CORBETT at South Devon (Sunny Bank) Cemetery, Chipman NB, Canada. (Photo credit: Captain (Ret'd) E.L.L. Gaudet, CD)

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    Grave marker – Grave marker of Pilot Officer Horace Kenneth CORBETT at South Devon (Sunny Bank) Cemetery, Chipman NB, Canada. (Photo credit: Captain (Ret'd) E.L.L. Gaudet, CD)
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram October 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram October 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun Times October 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Owen Sound Sun Times October 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Times Globe c.1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Times Globe c.1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Frederiction War Memorial

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    Frederiction War Memorial
    Frederiction War Memorial
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  • Photo of Horace Kenneth Corbett– Ken Corbett, 1939

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    Photo of Horace Kenneth Corbett
    Photo of Horace Kenneth Corbett – Ken Corbett, 1939
  • Memorial– Ken Corbett was a native of Barkers Point. now part of Fredericton, New Brunswick and his name is listed on the local war memorial. A street in Barkers Point is named Corbett Drive in his honour.

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    Memorial
    Memorial – Ken Corbett was a native of Barkers Point. now part of Fredericton, New Brunswick and his name is listed on the local war memorial. A street in Barkers Point is named Corbett Drive in his honour.
  • Roll Honour– Honour roll printed in the University of New Brunswick Alumni News (date unknown) listing all students from UNB who made the supreme sacrifice in WWI & WWII. Ken Corbett is listed with 45 others from WWII

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    Roll Honour
    Roll Honour – Honour roll printed in the University of New Brunswick Alumni News (date unknown) listing all students from UNB who made the supreme sacrifice in WWI & WWII. Ken Corbett is listed with 45 others from WWII
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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