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COLSON, Frederick Nash
| Service Number: | 4095 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 January 1916, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Regimental Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Booleroo Centre, South Australia, Australia, 17 July 1886 |
| Home Town: | Alice Springs, Alice Springs, Northern Territory |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sleeper Hewer |
| Died: | Heart Attack, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, 7 April 1957, aged 70 years |
| Cemetery: |
Alice Springs Memorial Cemetery, NT Section 5, Row B |
| Memorials: | Greenbushes War Memorial, W.A. |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4095, Depot Battalion , Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4095, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4095, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 8 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 28th Infantry Battalion, Promoted to a full Corporal within three weeks of being made a Temporary Corporal | |
| 1 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 28th Infantry Battalion, Promoted to Sergeant one month after he was a Temporary Sergeant | |
| 6 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 28th Infantry Battalion, Temporary Promotion. Full promotion completed 2 months later. | |
| 4 Sep 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, 4095, 28th Infantry Battalion, Armistice Day | |
| 17 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, 4095, 28th Infantry Battalion, Discharge from service - Demobilisation |
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Croix de Guerre (Belgium) Citation
This N.C.O. has taken part in successful raids on enemy positions at YPRES and WARLENCOURT and accompanied his Battalion in all operations undertaken in France and Belgium.
During the daylight penetration on MONUMENT WOOD on 9th July 1918, when ammunition was urgently required by the attacking party, he on his own initiative, salvaged and at great personal risk carried supplies over open country to them, establishing and maintaining dumps in the newly won front line.
His sterling example of courage and devotion to duty has at all times won the admiration of those associated with him.
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