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COLBEY, Thomas Alan
Personal Details
| Service Number: | SX1585 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 December 1939, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 10 September 1914 |
| Home Town: | Biggs Flat, Mount Barker, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | South Australia, 24 August 2005, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Echunga St. Mary's Anglican Church Cemetery Church Hill Road, Echunga |
| Memorials: | Echunga War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 5 Dec 1939: | Involvement Lance Sergeant, SX1585, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Dec 1939: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 5 Dec 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, SX1585, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Dec 1945: | Discharged | |
| 24 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, SX1585, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Emms
Thomas Alan Colbey was the third child and second son of Clara Isabella and Harold Cuthbert Colbey. His father died when Tom was 5. His mother Clara married Arthur Hampton in 1929 and the family moved to Biggs Flat, South Australia. Tom was the second son to enlist and he served in the motor transport section in the Middle East, Milne Bay, Port Moresby and Borneo.
Tom married (Edith) Joan Gilbert, a returned Lance Corporal from the Army Military Forces, on 27 April, 1946. They had two children.
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