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Cape Town Lens: Roman Catholic Division A, Row 3, Plots 55a & 55

29 March 2023 by Alan

A Cape Town Rhodes Memorial tagged image from photographer – Discover Waikumete Cemetery as published on Flickr.

Roman Catholic Division A, Row 3, Plots 55a & 55
Rhodes Memorial
Image by Discover Waikumete Cemetery

CORBETT.—On September 5th, at the District Hospital, after a long and painful illness, borne with Christian fortitude. Georgina. the dearly beloved wife of William O. D. Corbett. aged 3l years.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19060910.2.34

CORBETT.—On March 11, at the Auckland Hospital, William O’Donohue, the beloved husband of the late Georgina Corbett and beloved father of Maideline and Claud Corbett, and son-in-law of Margaret and the late William Crombie; in his 56th year. Funeral will leave Little’s Mortuary at 10 a.m. to-morrow (Saturday), for Waikumete. Friends please accept this intimation.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19260312.2.2.3

Plot 55a: Georgina Corbett (31) 5/9/1906 – Mrs – Cancer of Larynx
William O’Donoghue Corbett (56) 1926 – Rtd Soldier * headstone illegible
Plot 55b: William Gordon Rhodes (baby) 6/7/1906 – Marasmus etc.
Claude Robert Corbett (82) 1983 – Rtd Labourer
Laura Louisa Corbett

30757 Pte.
W. O. CORBETT
Auckland Regt
died 1.3.1926

In Loving Memory Of
CLAUDE ROBERT
CORBETT
10. April 1983 aged 84 years
also his beloved wife
LAURA LOUISA
3 September 1989 aged 85 years.
Reunited in rest.

View William’s military personnel file on line:
ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServle…

View and/or contribute to William’s profile on the Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph data base:
www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/recor…


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