COLLETT, Murray William
| Service Number: | 30 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Western Australian Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | Guernsey, Channel Islands, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Palmietfontein, South Africa, Palmeitfontein, South Africa, Koster River, South Africa, 22 July 1900 |
| Cemetery: |
Lindley Garden of Remembrance, South Africa |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Perth Department of the Minister for Mines Roll of Honour, WA Kings Park Boer War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 30, 1st Western Australian Mounted Infantry | |
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| 7 Oct 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 30, 1st Western Australian Mounted Infantry, embarked for South Africa on board Medic | |
| 19 Jul 1900: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 30, 1st Western Australian Mounted Infantry |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Murray William Collett (Service No:30) served with the 1st Mounted Infantry WA in the Boer War, embarking for South Africa on board the Medic on 7 November 1899. Private Collett was KiA at Palmeitfontein on 19 July 1900.
Born in 1880 in Guernsey on the Channel Islands, Murray was fifth of seven children of Franics (Frank) Alexander Edwards Collett (b1844 in London, England) and Laura Augusta Wedlake (b1845 in London, England). Frank (a Banker's Clerk) and Laura married in 1870 in Essex, England and in the mid 1970s moved to St Peter's Port in Guernsey where they raised their children and Frank was an Auctioneer. Frank and Laura immigrated with their children in 1884, arriving in Western Australia on board the Glengoil and settling in Perth where Frank was a Coffee House Keeper until his death in 1891.
Murray was a Clerk in Perth when he enlisted to serve in the boer War.
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