Colin COLBEY

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Service Numbers:	416546, SX14998
Enlisted:	21 July 1941
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Renmark, South Australia, 30 October 1921
Home Town:	Woodville, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Woodville High School, Woodville, South Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Memorials:

21 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 416546, Royal Australian Air Force
21 Oct 1941:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 416546, Royal Australian Air Force
27 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX14998, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA
29 Jul 1948:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX14998, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion

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Colin Colbey was born at Renmark, the only child of Frank Hammond and Estelle (VINEY) COLBEY.

His father was a returned World War 1 veteran who was allocated an irrigation block at Renmark before moving to Adelaide for employment.

The family lived at Woodville and Colin won the Woodville High School Senior Sports Cup in 1938.

His Army Service Record notes that he married in Victoria 29 July 1943 to Nina.