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COLLETT, Christopher
| Service Number: | 3702 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | August 1897, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | 19 March 1970, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Sydney War Cemetery, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3702, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3702, 12th Infantry Battalion, RMS Malwa, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 3702, 50th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Connor Hoffmann
In 1897, Christopher Collett was born in South Australia. He was an orphan, who was in care of the State Children’s Department. On the 18th of August 1915, Christopher Collett enlisted for war. He then embarked on the 2nd of December 1915 on the ship HMAT RMS Malwa.
Between 1915 and 1918, he went to hospital several times because he was either wounded or sick. On one ocassion he was wounded due to his gun firing accidentally while he was cleaning it.
On the 25th of January 1919, he married to Nellie P. McVake, at the age of 21. The couple was repatriated back to Australia in September 1919 and he was discharged in December 1919.
On the 6th of Jan, 1921, his wife died at the age of 23. The couple had a son called Gordon Collett. After the war Christopher Collett lived in NSW until his death in 1970.