This just *May be of interest. betty ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ V.C --- Victoria Cross........................ est 1856 D.S.O - Distinguished Service Order.. ... est ..1886 D.C.M - Distinguished Conduct Medal... est 1854 C.G.M - Conspicous Gallantry Medal....est 1855 D.S.C- Distinguished Service Cross... est 1914 M.C--- Military Cross..................... est 1914 D.S.M- Distinguished Service Medal......est 1914 M.M. - Military Medal .........................est 1916 >I certainly don't wish downgrade the bravery that Mr. Corbett displayed to > earn his DCM but you will find that the Military Cross (MC) and the > Distinguished Service Order (DSO) both rank above the DCM but below the > VC. > The British Gazette should have details of the action that led to his > award. > > Chris in Adelaide > > -----Original Message----- > From: aus-immigration-ships-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:aus-immigration-ships-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Trevor > Sent: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 8:31 AM > To: aus-immigration-ships@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] NSW Records > > Lynne Radford wrote: >> Hi Trevor, >> Do you have Harold Corbett's detail, at Waverly.? >> >> I have Cd, in case you don't >> Harold Corbett >> 1 Apr 1918, age 32 >> Inscription; Pvte. West Riding Regt. Gained D.C.M. at >> Baumont Hamel, France, June 1915 >> Denomination, Anglican, >> Section 14 Select >> Row;1, Grave 7053 > > Yes I did have that information, thanks Lynne. You might be interested > to know that I have just concluded over 20 years of research on this > chap, with the assistance of military contacts in Canberra and in Kew, > England. > > As the headstone notes, he won the DCM (second only to the VC) but there > was no record of him in honour rolls either here or in England. We have > finally (just a few months ago) managed to get him inscribed on the > Commonwealth War Graves Commission site. > > I suspect that his father is buried in the same grave or nearby, > although the CORBETT/COLLETTE headstone doesn't indicate this. > > His aunt, my great grandmother, is buried within a few metres of Harold > CORBETT. Her name was Elizabeth TUNNICLIFFE (nee CORBETT), and she is > buried with her son, Frank TUNNICLIFFE. > > Thanks for your kind interest. > > Trevor > Melbourne > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >