COLLIS, Sydney George
| Service Number: | 814 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 14th Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Alberton, Victoria, Australia, 7 January 1896 |
| Home Town: | Alberton, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Yarram, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Jockey |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 May 1972, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 814, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 814, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Chilka embarkation_ship_number: A51 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 814, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, HMAT Chilka, Melbourne | |
| 3 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 814, Light Horse Reinforcements | |
| 11 Aug 1917: | Promoted Corporal, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, Difficult record to read but promotion to Corporal and above date | |
| 4 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 14th Australian General Hospital |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Robinson
Corporal Sydney Collis no 814 was my Grandmother’s Brother. My grandmother Maud Robinson ( née Collis) was his half sister. Her husband was Frederick John Thomas Robinson no 1602
Sydney was born in 1896, he died on 2nd May 1972. At this time he was living in Heidelberg in Melbourne. I am unsure where his remains are. They do not appear to be in Yarram cemetery.
He was married to Mimette Irene May Tanaka ( her origin is likely to be from Trinidad and Tobago.).the family nickname for her was”Minnie”. Mimette deceased in 1962 at 59 yrs
The couple had one child named Agnes Thelma, born in 1923 who died in 1968.
It is unclear but Sydney George Collis worked at Point Cook from 1921 to 1945, possibly in a Military Role.
please read the 3 pages about Sydney Collis which are down loaded with photographs.
John Mark Robinson
Your service and sacrifice remembered always.
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