COLBERT, William Matthew
| Service Number: | 1812 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 May 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kapunda, South Australia, 25 January 1898 |
| Home Town: | Kapunda, Light, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Perineal abscess, Heliopolis, Egypt, 21 September 1915, aged 17 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kapunda District Honour Board, Kapunda and District Fallen Soldiers Monument |
World War 1 Service
| 4 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 23 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1812, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1812, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James and Sarah Ann Colbert, of Lot St., Kapunda, South Australia.
Enlisted as William Matthews (1812), actual name William Matthew Colbert - AWM Roll of Honour (www.awm.gov.au)
From page 10 of his Service Record (recordsearch.naa.gov.au);
"This man stated before death, correct name William Matthew Colbert, next of kin, mother, Mrs. Colbert, Todd street, Kapunda, South Australia."
"THE LATE PRIVATE W. M. COLBERT.
Mr. James Colbert, of Kapunda, received word on September 28 that his youngest son, Private William M. Colbert, had died of wounds at the Dardanelles. Private Colbert was only 17 years of age. He went away as a member of the second Reinforcements of the 27th Battalion. An older brother is now in camp." - From the Adelaide Advertiser 30 Oct 1915 (nla.gov.au)
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