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JACOBY, Colin Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | WX6861 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 8th Division Signals |
| Born: | Mount Lawley, Western Australia, Australia , 12 August 1914 |
| Home Town: | Cottesloe, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Mundaring Public School |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Illness - Cerebra Malaria whilst POW, Burma, 28 February 1944, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A3 B 9 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Mundaring Church of the Epiphany Gates |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement WX6861 | |
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| 20 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, WX6861, 8th Division Signals, Claremont, WA | |
| 20 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, WX6861 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Theodore George and Frances Mary Jacoby nee Daniel; husband of Lesley Jean Jacoby nee Turner, of Cottesloe, Western Australia.
WHO LOVED LIFE, LAUGHTER AND HIS FELLOW MEN - FOR THESE HE DIED
Survived by his parents, sister Nola Dahlgren and brother Harry.