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COLLETT, Cyril Horace
Personal Details
Service Number: | Q28056 |
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Enlisted: | 26 August 1940, Kelvin Grove, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 61 Infantry Battalion AMF |
Born: | Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 17 March 1916 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Cairns State School, Queensland, Australia |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Milne Bay - Papua, 29 August 1942, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Section A2 A19 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
26 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Private, Q28056, Kelvin Grove, Queensland | |
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26 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Q28056, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
27 Aug 1940: | Involvement Corporal, Q28056, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
29 Aug 1942: | Involvement Corporal, Q28056, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF, Milne Bay - Papua New Guinea WW2 |
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