Maxwell Campbell Corbett died in Mexico City on June 23rd, 1944, at the age of 58.
He was born in New Zealand and received his training at Auckland University College School of Mines. He went to Perak, Malaya, at the beginning of 1910, on his appointment as assistant manager to Separators, Ltd. In November, 1911, he also took up the position of assistant manager of the New Leh Chin Mine, Ltd., which he left a year later to become assistant to Jabus (Tin) Hydraulic Elevators, Ltd., six months afterwards accepting the position of manager and attorney. He was also at that time manager of the Chenderiang Valley Tin Dredging Co., Ltd., and on the amalgamation of this company and Jabus (Tin) Hydraulic Elevators in 1914 he relinquished his appointments with them, remaining with Separators, Ltd., as general manager and attorney and taking up the position of manager and attorney of the New Leh Chin Mine, Ltd.
For two years, from 1913 to 1915, he was engaged in the temporary management of Ipoh Tin Dredging, Ltd., entailing the general preparation of the company’s site. In November, 1914, he was appointed general manager of the Ulu Piah Co., Ltd., in Perak, which position he held for four years until ill health caused him to resign and visit Australia, leaving the employ of Separators, Ltd., at the same time, but continuing to hold his position with the New Leh Chin Mine until November, 1919. He then turned his attention to a property for the development of which a company called Johan Tin Dredging, Ltd., was formed, with Mr. Corbett as manager. Details of his subsequent work are not known, but it is believed that he remained in Malaya until the Japanese invasion.
Mr. Corbett was elected to Studentship in 1909, and was transferred to Associateship in 1919.
Vol. 54, Trans I.M.M. 1944-5, pp. 262-3
