Colin Jocelyn WILKS

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Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	20 June 1940
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	HMAS Yarra (II)
Born:	Sheffield, Tasmania, Australia , 4 August 1907
Home Town:	Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed In Action, Indian Ocean, 4 August 1942, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 75, Column 2
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea

20 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant
20 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy
4 Mar 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant, Officer, HMAS Yarra (II)
Date unknown:	Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant

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Son of Joseph and Edith Maria W. Wilks; husband of Eloise R. Wilks of Brighton, Victoria