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COLLESS, James William

Service Numbers:	QX28602, Q124292
Enlisted:	13 January 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Volunteer Defence Corps (SA)
Born:	Cooran, Queensland, 9 July 1918
Home Town:	Nambour, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	War service related, Queensland, 14 January 1955, aged 36 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

13 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Private, QX28602, Nambour, Queensland
13 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX28602, 13th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
14 Jan 1942:	Involvement Q124292, also QX28602
14 Jan 1942:	Involvement Private, QX28602, also Q124292
5 Apr 1944:	Discharged Private, QX28602, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA)
5 Apr 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX28602, 13th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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Biography contributed by Philip Thomson

Parents James Joseph Colless and Hilda Grace Singleton