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COLLETT, Robert Hope Bruce
Personal Details
Service Number: | V76789 |
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Enlisted: | 21 May 1941 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 6th Motor Transport Company |
Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 23 July 1920 |
Home Town: | Newtown, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
Schooling: | Geelong Junior Technical School |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Illness, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, 27 December 1941, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Alice Springs Memorial Cemetery, NT Plot M, Row B, Grave 9 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warrnambool Soldiers' Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
21 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V76789 | |
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27 Dec 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V76789, 6th Motor Transport Company |
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Robert Hope Bruce COLLETT was born in Geelong, Victoria on 23rd July, 1920
His parents were Charles Robert COLLETT & Myrtle SWEENEY
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His father Charles Robert COLLETT served during WW1 (SN 82) in the 4th Light Horse Regiment and returned to Australia in 1918