Thomas Gifford COLLETT
Service Number: SX11960
Enlisted: 26 March 1941, Wayville, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Strathalbyn, South Australia, 12 November 1919
Home Town: Strathalbyn, Alexandrina, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Strathalbyn, South Australia, 7 July 2001, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Strathalbyn Cemetery, S.A.
RSL Section
Memorials: Parndana Kangaroo Island Ex-Servicemen Land Settlers 1939-1945 Roll
26 Mar 1941: Involvement Private, SN SX11960
26 Mar 1941: Enlisted Wayville, SA
16 Feb 1942: Involvement 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Prisoners of War
22 May 1946: Discharged
Became a Prisoner of War of the Japanese in 1942 - liberated in September 1945
Item details for: B883, SX11960
National Archives Australia
Family
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Birth
Given Name(s): Thomas Gifford
Last Name: COLLETT
Birth Date: 1919, November 12
Gender: M
Father: John Williamson COLLETT
Mother: Myrtle DODD
Birth Place/Residence: Strathalbyn
District: Strathalbyn
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Book/Page: 47A/491
Death
Given Name(s): Thomas Gifford (Tom)
Surname: COLLETT
Death Date: 2001, July 07
Age: 81 y
Publication Date: 2001, July 09
Publication: Advertiser
Thomas Gifford COLLETT SX11960 2/3 Machine Gun Batt Strathalbyn 12 Nov 1919 ? / 7 Jul 2001 Cassini 35, 42, 62, 171 then to Fairbrother