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William Corby, n.d.

Mercury (Hobart) 23 April 1928, p 6,

Corby, William Thomas ‘Bill’(1886-1928) engine driver, fitter and turner and trade union leader 

Birth: 1886 at Kyneton, Victoria, son of native-born parents John Patrick Michael Corby (1860-1930), hotel keeper, and Susan, née Travers (1861-1933). Marriage: 31 August 1912 at Kyneton to Victorian-born Alice Cuddihy (1878-1957). They had one daughter and two sons; the eldest child was 13 at Corby’s death. Death: 21 April 1928 in his home at West Hobart, Tasmania. 

• Moved to Tasmania about 1903. Resided at Queenstown. Was a member of the Queenstown hospital board.
• Sometime federal president, Federated Engine Drivers & Firemen’s Association. Secretary of Hobart branch from 1923 to his death. Secretary of the Storemen and Packers’ union and its branch representative to Denison Divisional council of Australian Labor Party.
• Secretary of Hobart branch of the Merchant Service Guild.
• President Hobart Trades Hall Council.
• Government representative on the Hobart Hospital Board and the Sea Fisheries Board.
• Agent in Tasmania for the Australian Workers’ Union.

Sources
H. J. Gibbney & A. G. Smith, A Biographical Register 1788-1939, vol 1 (Canberra, 1987); Voice of Labor, January to December 1928.