TOWNSEND, Colin Maurice
Service Number: | 17000 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Colonel |
Last Unit: | 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) |
Born: | Ingham, Queensland, Australia, 3 September 1927 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Royal Military College, Duntroon, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
Occupation: | Army Officer |
Died: | Cancer, Gympie, Queensland, Australia , 10 June 2006, aged 78 years |
Cemetery: |
Gympie Cemetery, Qld |
Memorials: |
Korean War Service
28 Sep 1950: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) | |
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28 Sep 1950: | Involvement 17000 | |
22 Aug 1951: | Involvement 17000 | |
22 Aug 1951: | Involvement |
Vietnam War Service
6 Jun 1965: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), Colin was appointed Commanding Officer of the newly formed 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment on 6th June 1965. | |
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31 May 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, 17000, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) | |
31 May 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, 17000 | |
29 Jan 1968: | Transferred Australian Army (Post WW2), Colonel, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), Colin handed the battalion over in January 1968 when he was next posted. He was later promoted to Colonel and appointed commandant of Royal Military College Duntroon. |
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Retired with the rank of Colonel
Biography contributed by Mitchell Hehnke
Aged 78 years, Colin passed away on 10th June 2006 in Gympie. At his funeral at St Peter's Church, members of 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment carried his coffin to the hearse. A cortege of about 100 vehicles then proceeded to the Gympie Cemetery,where Colin was laid to rest in the same grave as his late wife, Betty Townsend.
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