Colin Thomas Charles FRENCH

FRENCH, Colin Thomas Charles

Service Number: SX9853
Enlisted: 30 July 1940
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/6th Field Ambulance
Born: Port Augusta, South Australia, 15 July 1918
Home Town: Tarcoola, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Natural Causes, Kadina, South Australia, Australia, 8 May 2000, aged 81 years
Cemetery: Kadina Cemetery, South Australia
Kadina, District Council of Copper Coast, South Australia, Australia. Plot: Lawn - Path 3 Block 41. Memorial ID. 195570833.
Memorials: Kingoonya & Tarcoola Honour Roll
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World War 2 Service

30 Jul 1940: Involvement Corporal, SX9853
30 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX9853, 2nd/6th Field Ambulance
30 Jul 1940: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
30 Jul 1940: Enlisted Private, SX9853, Recruit Reception and General Details Depot (S.A.), 4 M.D. Adelaide, South Australia.
20 Aug 1940: Wounded Private, SX9853, Camp Hospitals WW2, To Camp Hospital at Wayville with illness. Granted sick leave 22nd August - 25th August 1940.
30 Sep 1940: Transferred Private, 2nd/6th Field Ambulance, Marched out from R.R.D-SA to 2nd/6th Field Ambulance.
20 Nov 1940: Embarked Private, SX9853, 2nd/6th Field Ambulance, Pre-Embarkation Leave taken from 20th November 1940 to 2nd December 1940 in South Australia.
28 Dec 1940: Embarked Private, SX9853, 2nd/6th Field Ambulance, Entrained with Unit from 4 M.D South Australia, to 3 M.D, Victoria, for embarkation overseas.
29 Dec 1940: Embarked Private, SX9853, 2nd/6th Field Ambulance, Embarked in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia with unit 2nd/6th Field Ambulance and departed on troop ship for Middle East.
31 Jan 1941: Embarked Private, SX9853, 2nd/6th Field Ambulance, Disembarked in Middle East.
9 Aug 1943: Embarked Private, SX9853, 2nd/6th Field Ambulance, Embarked at Townsville on ship "Canberra" 9th August 1943 - Disembarked at Port Moresby 12th August 1943.
5 Jun 1944: Promoted Corporal, 2nd/6th Field Ambulance, Promoted full Corporal.
21 May 1945: Embarked Corporal, SX9853, 2nd/6th Field Ambulance, Embarked Cairns per LST 454 for Morotai, Indonesia. - Disembarked Morotai 12th June 1945.
28 Jun 1945: Embarked Corporal, SX9853, 2nd/6th Field Ambulance, Embarked from Morotai for service in Balikpapan, Borneo.
11 Sep 1945: Embarked Corporal, SX9853, 2nd/6th Field Ambulance, Embarked Balikpapan, Borneo, for service on Morotai. - Disembarked Morotai 15th September 1945.
1 Nov 1945: Discharged Corporal, SX9853, 2nd/6th Field Ambulance, Discharged at Hampstead Barracks, 4 M.D. South Australia.
1 Nov 1945: Discharged
1 Nov 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX9853, 2nd/6th Field Ambulance

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