COLLEY, Nevile Lister
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | Unspecified British Units |
| Born: | Glenelg, South Australia, Australia, 22 June 1886 |
| Home Town: | Clare, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia |
| Schooling: | St. Peter's College, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Orchardist |
| Died: | 27 September 1954, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board, The Adelaide Club Great War Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Captain, Unspecified British Units |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Old Adelaide friends were shocked to hear of the passing of Nevile Lister Colley, one ol our outstanding athletes and amateur riders in his day. Leaving St. Peter's College at an early age, he went with his parents to England and was entered at the well-known Ton bridge School in Kent, founded in 1553. The Rev. L. H. Waddy is headmaster now. It was at rugby football that Nevile first made his mark. While still at school he was selected and played for Kent against the Rest of England. Such was his form in this match that he was considered for a place in the All-England team. However, he was told by Aston, a master at Tonbridge and himself an old Rugger in ternational, that the selectors passed him by because of his age; he was 17.
Returning to Adelaide in 1905, Nevile soon became a prominent rider with the Adelaide hounds. Before War I, hunting men will remember his smart hunter Togo, on which he won the point-to-point twice; he was a fearless horseman.
Barrier Grazier
In that war he served in an English regiment. After his return to SA, he bought George Miller's well-known Redan station out from Broken Hill, where he spent 16 years. He rode Krishnamurtee to win the 1929 Bracelet (his wife's nomination) at the West .Darling picnic races at Broken Hill, and Kars for Mrs. Ron Allison in 1921.
Selling Redan, he settled on another sheep property Murraup, Mount Benson, South-East, sold out a year or two ago, and bought Miss Nellie Wigg's home at Thorpe Hill. Aldgate.
Nevile Colley was a crack polo player and will be remembered 40 years ago as a member of the team with Frank Downer, Harold and Gordon Law Smith which at Birkalla beat Lord Denman's team from Melbourne.
It occurs to us that Nevile's brothers, Lister and Pat, went to Tonbridge, as did, among others, Walter and Harold Law Smith, Walter Kidman, Lister Reid, Cliff and Arnold Reid.
Biography contributed by Robert Kearney
Nevile is the brother of Cavendish Lister COLLEY and Knox Lister COLLEY (who are both listed on this website). Nevile was a Captain in the British Army in WW1 and served with the Royal Service Army Corps (RSAC). He is listed as N. L. COLLEY on the Hackney St. Peters College Honour Board. - Courtesy of W Holden
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