Jack Bayford COLLITT

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Service Number:	VX111942
Enlisted:	30 July 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	37/52 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 November 1923
Home Town:	Glen Iris, Boroondara & Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stain Glass Artist
Died:	Accidental (Grenade Explosion), New Britain, Pacific Islands, 21 May 1945, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Burial Reference ~ Plot F, Row C, Grave 6. Personal Inscription ~ "HE SHALL NOT GROW OLD AS WE WHO ARE LEFT GROW OLD".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

12 Feb 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 37/52 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
30 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX111942
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX111942

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