Colin Lionel VIRGO

Badge Number: S9240, Sub Branch: Burnside
S9240

VIRGO, Colin Lionel

    Service Number: 36107
    Enlisted: 29 September 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
    Last Rank: Gunner
    Last Unit: 8th Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Balaklava, South Australia, 5 October 1890
    Home Town: Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Draper
    Died: Glen Osmond, South Australia, 21 November 1971, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
    Derrick Gardens, Path 22, Grave 126B.
    Memorials: Balaklava District WW1 Roll of Honour, Edithburgh WW2 Roll of Honor, Edithburgh War Memorial, Magill Honour Board, Payneham Road Uniting (Methodist) Church Honor Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Sep 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 36107, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
    9 Nov 1917: Involvement Gunner, 36107, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
    9 Nov 1917: Embarked Gunner, 36107, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne
    18 Jul 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column
    25 Sep 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 7th Field Artillery Brigade
    11 Nov 1918: Involvement Gunner, 36107
    19 Mar 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 8th Field Artillery Brigade
    7 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 36107, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 4th Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of David Virgo and Sarah Ann Virgo nee Collins of Balaklava, SA. Brother of Claude Aarnold Percival Virgo who returned to Australia on 7 August 1919 having served with the 10th Battalion

    Commenced return to Australia on 1 July 1919 aboard HT Karmala 14 August 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    On 20 October 1923 Colin married Phoebe Elizabeth Byard in the Manthorpe Memorial Church, Unley, SA

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