Colin Maurice TOWNSEND DSO

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TOWNSEND, Colin Maurice

Service Number:	17000
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Colonel
Last Unit:	6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR)
Born:	Ingham, Queensland, Australia, 3 September 1927
Home Town:	Gympie, Queensland
Schooling:	Royal Military College, Duntroon, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Occupation:	Army Officer
Died:	Cancer, Greenslopes Private Hospital, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia, 10 June 2006, aged 78 years
Cemetery:	Gympie Cemetery, Qld Plot: L2-2-104.
Memorials:

Korean War Service

28 Sep 1950:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)
28 Sep 1950:	Involvement 17000
22 Aug 1951:	Involvement 17000
22 Aug 1951:	Involvement

Vietnam War Service

6 Jun 1965:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), Colin was appointed Commanding Officer of the newly formed 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment on 6th June 1965.
31 May 1966:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, 17000, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR)
31 May 1966:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, 17000
29 Jan 1968:	Transferred Australian Army (Post WW2), Colonel, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), Colin handed the battalion over in January 1968 when he was next posted. He was later promoted to Colonel and appointed commandant of Royal Military College Duntroon.

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Biography contributed by Virtual Australia

Retired with the rank of Colonel

Biography contributed by Mitchell Hehnke

Aged 78 years, Colin passed away on 10th June 2006 in Gympie. At his funeral at St Peter's Church, members of 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment carried his coffin to the hearse. A cortege of about 100 vehicles then proceeded to the Gympie Cemetery,where Colin was laid to rest in the same grave as his late wife, Betty Townsend.

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Biography contributed by Roderick Besier

RI: Colin Maurice Townsend, Death Notice. Death, 10.06.2006, 78, at Greenslopes Private Hospital, late of Gympie. Courier Mail (Brisbane) 17.06.2006.

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