BROADSTOCK, Colin Raymond
| Service Number: | VX120293 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 December 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 26 January 1919 |
| Home Town: | Merbein, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 28 May 1967, aged 48 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria NP-Presbyter-L024 |
| Memorials: | Merbein Memorial Walls |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Dec 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX120293, 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 15 May 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX120293, 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, VX120293, 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion |
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24 Apr 1940 - Taken on strength 7th Battalion
15 Dec 1942 - Lance corporal 19th A.I.T
16 Dec 1942 transferred to AIF 2/33 AIF
23 Jul 1943 Embarked Townsville
26 Jul 1943 Disembarked Port Moresby
9 Dec 1943 to 21 Dec 1943 Malaria
10 Feb 1944 Embarked Moresby
10 Feb 1944 Disemabrked Townsville
24 Feb 1994 Evac to Mildura District Hospital Malaria
8 Mar 1944 Mildura Hospital
8 May 1944 to 13 May 1944 Malaria
18 Jul 1945 Embarked Brisbane per "Jaloona"
26 Jul 1945 Disemabarked Lae
28 Aug 1945 2nd/3rd Degree burns L Arm and L leg from explosion of petrol and oil
19 Oct 1945 Discharged from hospital
1 Mar 1946 Disembarked Sydney
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