MCGLEW, Colin Owen
| Service Numbers: | W68851, W68851, 84893 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 March 1942, Swanbourne Volunteer Defence Corps 3 Battalion |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | Royal Australian Air Force |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 8 October 1911 |
| Home Town: | Glen Forrest, Mundaring, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers College, Perth, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Orchardist |
| Died: | Emphysema, Dalwallinu, Western Australia , 30 December 1976, aged 65 years |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 26 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Private, W68851, Swanbourne Volunteer Defence Corps 3 Battalion | |
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| 22 May 1944: | Discharged Private, W68851, Swanbourne Volunteer Defence Corps 3 Battalion | |
| 6 Jun 1944: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 84893, Leading Aircraftman 9 Communications Unit | |
| 6 Jun 1944: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 84893 | |
| 23 Jan 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, 84893, Leading Aircraftman 9 Communications Unit | |
| 23 Jan 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 84893 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Leading Aircraftman, 84893, Royal Australian Air Force |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Colin was the youngest of four children of Francis Alfred McGlew (born 1874 in Perth, WA) and Louisa Broadwood (born 1876 at Victoria Plains in WA). Francis was a Farmer in 1897 when he married Louisa at Guidford in WA.
Colin was an Orchardist at Glenn Forrest, WA in 1940 when he married Nancy Peden (born 1915 in Sydney, NSW). Nancy was a Draftswoman. In 1942 Colin enlisted with the ACMF, serving as a Private (Service No:W68851) with Swanbourne Volunteer Defence Corps 3 Battalion until May 1944. In June 1944 he enlisted with the RAAF and was a Leading Aircraftman (Service No:84893) attached to 9 Communications Unit when he was Discharged in January 1946. Brother Kenneth John (Corporal; RAAF; Service No:4583) also served in WWII.
Colin was living at Glen Forest and working as an Orchardist when he and Nancy divorced in 1950. They both remarried - Nancy to John Robert Gibb in 1953, and Colin to teacher Jean Inglis (born 1914 in Bunbury, WA). Colin and Jean moved to Dalwalinu, WA where Colin worked as a Power House Attendant. Colin died in 1976 and Jean in 1987.