Guy Charles COLBEY

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Service Number:	SX3448
Enlisted:	25 May 1940, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 5 November 1912
Home Town:	Plympton, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling:	Unley High School, South Australia
Occupation:	Storeman SAR
Died:	Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 8 February 1994, aged 81 years
Cemetery:	North Brighton Cemetery, S.A.
Memorials:

25 May 1940:	Enlisted Private, SX3448, Adelaide, South Australia
25 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, SX3448, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
26 May 1940:	Involvement Private, SX3448
7 Aug 1945:	Discharged Lance Corporal, SX3448, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
7 Aug 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, SX3448, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion

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Guy Colbey was the first child born in Perth to Roy Johnstone and Norah Kate (BYRNE) COLBEY.

The family returned to SA where Guy attended Unley High, winning the Senior Athletics Cup in 1929 and was runner up in the Cup in 1930.

He married Olive Melva PARROT 11 April 1942 at the Moseley Square Methodist Church, Glenelg.

After discharge, Guy was employed as a postal officer by the Commonwealth of Australia.

Guy and Olive had 7 children.

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