Colin Edward ALLATT

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Service Number:	VX37021
Enlisted:	11 July 1940, Royal Park, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 17 September 1912
Home Town:	Sandringham, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Transport Driver
Died:	Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated ~ Panel 15, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, VX37021
11 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Royal Park, Victoria, Australia
11 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX37021, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion

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2/22 Battalion

Rank - Sergeant

Son of Arthur and Charlotte Jane Allatt; Husband of Ruby Allak, of Sandringham, Victoria.