Colin CATHRO

CATHRO, Colin

Service Number: SX6644
Enlisted: 24 June 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Enfield, SA, 14 April 1918
Home Town: Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Prospect St. Cuthbert's Church WW2 Honour Board
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World War 2 Service

24 Jun 1940: Involvement Private, SX6644, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
24 Jun 1940: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
24 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX6644, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
23 Nov 1945: Discharged
23 Nov 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX6644, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Date unknown: Involvement

Bible given to Colin's mother returned to family

Found, with help from ABC Adelaide Breakfast Radio! We have found the relatives of Frank Cathro, who are thrilled!

The Bible Museum has a New Testament Bible which was owned by a soldier, Frank Cathro, who was part of the Gallipoli campaign. He was wounded twice at the Dardanelles and repatriated home, as shown in the record below.

We are seeking Frank’s descendants, in order to reunite them with their ancestor’s Bible. We know Frank sent the Bible as a present to his sister (?), Edith H. Cathro, from Egypt, in 1915. After researching Frank’s military records online, we found he was probably from South Australia.

In the rear of the Bible there are details of ‘Colin Cathro’, from New Mile End in South Australia.

We are seeking more information about Frank, so that his story of World War One can be displayed along with his Bible, at the Bible Museum. Direct Descendants will have the opportunity to keep the Bible, providing that official records can be provided.

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