Rudolph Robert Corbett

Central School Honour roll

Rudolph Robert Corbett  43^rd Howitzer Battery, Canadian Field Artillery   307610  Rudolph signed his attestation papers on the 6^th of December 1915 at Guelph, Ontario.  He was a student, born on the 12^th of February 1896 at Mimico, York, Ontario.
His parents:  Thomas Corbett ( 1856 — 1923  ) and,
      Annie Maria Young ( 1856 — 1940 )-(Funeral director file)
      At New Westminster in 1920, we find Rudolph who normally was working as a rancher in Princeton, B.C., with enough time to get married to Minda Alvilde Hanson.  And later in 1940 he was living in Toronto.

Brothers:   Arthur Ernest Corbett ( 1880 — 1960) ;  Frederick William Corbett,( 1889 — 1962 )  also Thomas Edward Corbett ( 1885 — 1934 )

Sisters:  Marie Emmeline Corbett "Freeman"( 1883 — 1955 ); Helen Corbett "McLeod" ; Florence Amy Corbett "Swackhamer" ( 1894 — 1958 )

SERVICE RECORD:   states that he was demobilized on the 7^th of April 1919 at Toronto, Ontario.

NOTE:  No idea when he or his wife passed away. His brother Frederick William Corbett, also served in WWI

Frederick William Corbett

Port Coquitlam Honour Roll

Frederick "Fred" William Corbett   Cpl. 6^th Field Company, C.E.F. 11^th Canadian Engineers  503130   Fred signed his attestation papers on the 31^st of January 1916 at Vancouver, B.C., he listed is occupation as driver , and he was living in Deroche, B.C.
       He was born on the 3^rd of June 1899 at Toronto, Ontario.  Fred was demobilized on the 17^th of June 1919, and he moved to 419-4^th Street in New Westminster, B.C.  He served his country long enough to earn his Class “A” War Service badge.
His parents: Thomas Corbett  ( 1856 – 1923 )   and Annie Mary Marion
See the entry of his brother, Rudolph Robert Corbett for some details about  Fred’s siblings.
Fred was married to Shirley Lena Huggard ( 1894 – 1966 ) 
They had at least one son:  Kenneth "Ken" Huggard Corbett ( 1923 – 1978 )

Frederick William Corbett died on the 24th of May 1962 at Essondale, he is buried in the Fraser Cemetery, in New Westminster. His death certificate states that he retired in 1948, and that he had been practicing mixed farming since 1918