Stanley Walter COLSON

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Service Number:	VX74764
Enlisted:	13 February 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 December 1922
Home Town:	Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Die Caster
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 8 December 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot S. Row C. Grave 14. Personal Inscription ~ "WE WHO LOVED HIM MISS HIM MOST".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Emerald Ladies Probus Club Roll of Remembrance, Wangaratta 2/24th Infantry Battalion Memorial Wall

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX74764
13 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX74764, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion

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Stanley Colson was the youngest child of David Colson (Taweet Köösel - Estonian) and Delia May Davis.