Colin Leo MCCOMISH

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MCCOMISH, Colin Leo

Service Numbers:	S15124, S15124,, SX20716
Enlisted:	16 December 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3 Field Company / 5 Independent Field Squadron
Born:	Kent Town, Adelaide, South Australia, 8 August 1920
Home Town:	Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Painter and Machinist
Died:	Bronchopneumonia, Beverley, Adelaide, South Australia, 21 March 1994, aged 73 years
Cemetery:	Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia The South Australian Garden of Remembrance
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World War 2 Service

16 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, S15124, 3 Field Company / 5 Independent Field Squadron
10 Jul 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, S15124,, 3 Field Company / 5 Independent Field Squadron
11 Jul 1942:	Involvement Sapper, SX20716
11 Jul 1942:	Involvement Sapper, S15124
11 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX20716
11 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Puckapunyal, VIC
7 Jan 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX20716
7 Jan 1946:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Sapper Colin Leo McComish (Service Nos:S15124/SX20716) enlisted in the ACMF on 16 December 1941 and served with 3 Field Coy and 5th Field Squadron RAE until 10 July 1942. Sapper McComish enlisted in the AIF at Puckapunyal on 11 July 1942, serving with 9 Australian Workshop and Park Coy in Borneo (Morotai) from 4 May 1945 to 23 December 1945. Sapper McComish was attached to 9 Australian Workshop and Park Coy at Discharge on 7 January 1946.

Colin was born in Kent Town, Adelaide, South Australia in 1920, second of four children of Donald Joseph McComish (b1892 in Fremantle Western Australia) and Haydee Emily Beck (b1900 in Snowtown, South Australia). Donald and Haydee married in 1918 in Adelaide, where they settled and raised their family and Donald worked as a Painter. Haydee died in 1931 and Donald in 1946.

Colin worked as a Painter and Metal Machinist in Adelaide where, in 1942 he married Doris Irene Baker (b1920 in Adelaide, SA) - Doris was a Milk and Cream Tester. Following his Discharge from the Army in 1946, Colin and Doris settled in Adelaide, where they raised their family and Colin worked as a Painter and Decorator. Colin died in 1994 and Doris in 2017.

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