Colin James CORLEY

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Service Number:	404065
Enlisted:	29 April 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 148 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Gympie, Queensland, 20 June 1915
Home Town:	Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Christian Brothers and Gympie State High School
Occupation:	Public Servant
Died:	Flying Battle, Middle East, 14 September 1941, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	El Alamein War Cemetery Plot A1, Row A, Grave 2. Headstone reads: The peace of the Lord be always with you R.I.P, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gympie WW2

29 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 404065, Brisbane, Queensland
29 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404065, No. 148 Squadron (RAF)
3 Feb 1941:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404065, Embarked at Sydney
14 Sep 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404065, No. 148 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Son of James Patrick and Annie Marie Corley of Toowong, QLD

Plane crashed during operational flight but type of aircraft and cause of crash unknown

Subjects studied at school were:- Arihtmatic, Algebra, Geometry, Latin, Chemistry, English, Geography and English History.

At the Junior Queensland University he studied the Associate Australian Association of Accountants

Sports played were swimming and tennis