COLLETT, Hugh
| Service Numbers: | 716, W243151 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29 Garrison Battalion (WA) |
| Born: | St Peters Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, 11 April 1882 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Librarian |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 8 August 1958, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 716, 44th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 716, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 716, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle | |
| 1 Jun 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 716, 44th Infantry Battalion, RTA per HT Somali | |
| 28 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 716, 44th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 11 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), W243151, 10 Garrison Battalion (WA) | |
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| 26 Oct 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), W243151, 29 Garrison Battalion (WA) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Hugh Collett (Service No:716) enlisted in the AIF on 14 January 1916, having served nine years with the Militia (1st Infantry Battalion) and was attached to 44th Infantry Battalion on 6 June 1916 when he embarked from Fremantle for Plymouth on board HMAT A29 Suevic. Private Collett served in France and embarked for the RTA on 1 June 1919 on board HT Somalia. Private Collett was attached to 44th Infantry Battalion at Discharge on 28 August 1919. In WWII, Private Collett (Service No:W243151) served in the ACMF with 10th and 29th Garrison Battalions (WA) from 11 October 1939 to 26 October 1942.
Hugh was born in Guernsey on the Channel Islands in 1882, sixth of seven children of Francis (Frank) Alexander Edwards Collett (b1844 in London, ENgland) and Laura Augusta Wedlake (b1845 in London, England). Frank (a Banker's Clerk) and Laura married in 1870 in West Ham, Essex and moved to St Peter's Port, Guernsey in the mid 1970s where Frank was an Auctioneer. Frank and Laura immigrated in 1884, arriving in Western Australia on board the Glengoil and settling in Perth where Frank was a Coffee House Keeper until his death in 1891.
Hugh worked in Perth as a Clerk and Librarian and in 1903 in Perth married Esther Mary Veronica Hall Jackson (b1881 in Perth, WA). Hugh and Esther settled in Perth where they raised their family and Hugh worked as a Library Assistant, Librarian and Labourer. Hugh died in 1958 and Esther in 1965.
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