COLBEY, Reginald John George
| Service Number: | 2660 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 February 1902 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 7 August 1882 |
| Home Town: | Wellington East, The Coorong, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Wellington, South Australia (River Murray) |
| Occupation: | Sergeant of Police |
| Died: | Angina, Adelaide, South Australia, 25 September 1958, aged 76 years |
| Cemetery: |
North Gumeracha Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Eudunda Arch Gates, Meningie Memorial Pavers |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 2660, 4th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
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| 7 Feb 1902: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Emms
Reginald John George COLBEY was born in Adelaide to Alexander and Ellen (MASON) COLBEY and lived for his first 4 years on Coonalpyn Station where his father was the overseer. His mother moved to East Wellington in 1886 and he attended school there with his two younger brothers, Percy and Charles.
Arriving in South Africa at the end of the war, he soon returned to South Australia taking various labouring jobs until he joined the South Australian Police Force, 1 October 1906.
He served with the SA Police at Adelaide, Kapunda, Blanchetown, Port Wakefield, Eudunda, Hamley Bridge and Gumeracha. He retired at Gumeracha, with the rank of Sergeant 3rd Grade, on 3 June 1943.
He lived in retirement at Naracoorte with one of his sons until he was admitted to the RAH where he died 25 September 1958. He is buried alongside his wife Agnes Mary COLBEY in the Gumeracha North Cemetery.
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