Informal portrait of N185867 Private (Pte) David Corbett, 36 Battalion, of Leichhardt, NSW. Pte ...

Accession Number P08900.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital print
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Informal portrait of N185867 Private (Pte) David Corbett, 36 Battalion, of Leichhardt, NSW. Pte Corbett was a wood machinist prior to enlisting in May 1941. On 12 May 1943, he was killed in a motor traffic accident in Five Dock, NSW, while on leave from service in New Guinea. Pte Corbett was 32 years of age.