Arthur Corbett (public servant)

Arthur Brownlow Corbett MBE (18 February 1877 – 20 March 1970) was a senior Australian public servant.

As an electrical and mechanical engineer, Corbett held several roles in the Postmaster-General's Department, including to reorganise the Brisbane mail services in 1924, and as superintendent of mails in Sydney in 1927.

[2] On 3 April 1939, Corbett began his term as Director-General of the Department of Civil Aviation,[3] moving to Melbourne to take up the role but planning to return to Queensland on his retirement.

[6] Corbett died on 20 March 1970 at Kangaroo Point in Brisbane and was buried at Toowong Cemetery.

[1] In January 1938, Corbett was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his service as Deputy Director in the Queensland branch of the Postmaster-General's Department.