Wendy | December 11, 2007
James Edward Courbarron, my Great Uncle, served in the AIF, 15th Battalion A Company.
Regimental number
122
Unit name
15th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number
23/32/1
He was 24 at the time of enlistment and returned to Australia on December 14th 1918. He married Agnes and had a son, John Courbarron who died 1996.
His brother, Frederick, enlisted at [...]
Wendy | December 9, 2007
Exactly where, and how, Frederick Courbarron met Mary Hamilton is not really clear. Mary was born and raised in Ballintra, County Donegal Ireland and Frederick was Jersey-born and raised. There are some theories; as he was a farm worker there is the possibility that he travelled to Ireland to work on her father’s estate at [...]
Wendy | December 9, 2007
This sadly – but only for now – is where we leave the Courbarron family line. My Courbarron ancestors settled in Jersey Channel Islands in the very early 1800’s – 1805 if memory serves me correctly – but at the moment I only have bare details on Frederick A Courbarron. His parents information will [...]