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GOEBEL, Colin John

Service Numbers:	170663, Jan-54, 19054
Enlisted:	24 August 1944
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 30 July 1926
Home Town:	Sandgate, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Killed In Action, Korea, 5 November 1950, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Busan, Korea
Memorials:	Korea United Nations Memorial Cemetery Wall of Remembrance, Sandgate War Memorial

World War 2 Service

24 Aug 1944:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 170663, Enlisted at Brisbane
24 Aug 1944:	Enlisted 170663
5 Apr 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 170663

Korean War Service

25 Jun 1950:	Involvement Jan-54
28 Sep 1950:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 19054
28 Sep 1950:	Enlisted Corporal, 19054, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Goebel of Brisbane