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NEYLAND, Colin Ritchie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5069 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 November 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Corack, Victoria, Australia, 1900 |
| Home Town: | Birchip, Buloke, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | 1936, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Nov 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5069, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Dec 1917: | Involvement Private, 5069, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1917: | Embarked Private, 5069, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Colin Ritchie Neyland enlisted at the age of 17, in 1917, the last of the eight brothers to serve during WW1.
He had seven brothers who served, five in the AIF and two with the British Forces. One brother, James, was killed with the Gordon Highlanders during 1917 and another brother, Niven, was captured at Gallipoli during August 1915 and spent three years as a prisoner of war in a Turkish prison camp. They were all the sons of John Pringle and Margaret Ann Neyland of Birchip, Victoria.