Colin Ambrose (Collie) VEARS

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Service Numbers:	SX17665, S5383
Enlisted:	8 January 1941, Mount Gambier, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Mount Gambier, South Australia, 9 December 1921
Home Town:	Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Schooling:	St Paul’s Catholic Boys School, Mt Gambier, South Australia
Occupation:	Transport Driver, Timber mill benchman
Died:	Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia, 17 February 1992, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Carinya Gardens Cemetery, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Memorials:

8 Jan 1941:	Involvement Private, SX17665
8 Jan 1941:	Involvement Private, S5383
8 Jan 1941:	Enlisted S5383
8 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Mount Gambier, SA
8 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX17665
12 Feb 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX17665
12 Feb 1946:	Discharged
Date unknown:	Discharged S5383

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Refer to the biography completed for the 2025 Premier's Anzac Spirit School Prize, attached as a document