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|Surname and forenames=Corthorn Harry
|Army number=304544
|Rank=2/Lt
|Decorations=Chevalier of the Order of Leopold II with Palm.  Croix de Guerre with Palm (both gazetted 23/9/1947).
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=
|Unit=Cadet at 206 OCTU.  Commissioned as a 2/Lt into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 8/1/1944 (gazetted 3/3/1944).  Posted 70 Brigade Workshops 8/1/1944.  Served Normandy?  From Emergency Commission to be Lieutenant 1/1/1947 (gazetted 6/5/1947).  From Active List to be Captain (Short Service Commission) retaining seniority (gazetted 7/11/1952).  From Reserve of Officers Class II to be Captain 1/1/1955 retaining seniority (gazetted 1/3/1955).  Relinquished Commission with effect from 1/7/1959 and granted the Honorary rank of Captain (gazetted 16/2/1962).
|Company/Battery=70 Brigade Workshops.
|Task or role=E.M.E.
|Promotions=W/S Lieutenant.  Captain 8/1/1950 (gazetted 3/2/1950).
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
|Home address=No family information as yet.
}}