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Bengal & Jane Colburt. Educated at Cowra Public School. [Information from Lorna Blamire (Ted Colburt was her mother’s brother): He was in the C.M.F. in Cowra and worked in a butchers shop, when he turned 21 he was put off (no longer a junior) and he immediately joined up]. Enlisted at Cowra 11/5/1915, aged 22. Single. Church of England. Embarked June 25,1915. War service: Egypt; Gallipoli. Casualty list SMH 6/12/1915 Died of wounds Died of wounds 20/11/1915, aged 22 Roll of Honour SMH 11/12/1915 p. 16 Colburt - Private Edward Charles Colburt, 19th Battalion. Died of wounds at the Dardanelles on November 20, aged 22 years. Dearly beloved youngest son of Mr and Mrs C.B. Colburt of Campsie. A good young life nobly ended. Portrait SMH 20/12/1915 Private E.C. (Ted) Colburt (Cowra and Campsie) Died of wounds. Personal notes SMH20/12/1915 p.10 Private Edward Charles Colburt, of B Company, 19th Battalion, who died of wounds on November 20, was the youngest son of Mr and Mrs Chas B. Colburt of Campsie, and grandson of Mr C. Colburt of Goulburn. He was born at Neville, his parents afterwards residing at Cowra, where he was for four years employed by Mr J.M.G. Tucker. He left Sydney on June 25, and was a fine, promising young man, only 22 years of age, having spent his last birthday in Egypt. He leaves six sisters and one brother, who all reside at Campsie. His cousins, Private W.C. Duddes (?) and Corporal J. Grant were both killed. Buried Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, grave I. A. 1 AWM File IDRL428 Letters to the British Red Cross re Australian Servicemen: Died of wounds at Gallipoli 20/11/1915. Buried in Shrepnel Gully. Chaplain K.C. Single, Cairo, 13/1/1916. Anzac Memorial has Colbert, E.C. Died of Wounds 21/11/1915 Portrait and biography in The All Australia Memorial 1919
Cole, Private Charles Australian Infantry Base Depot Born Canterbury, NSW. Enlisted at Sydney. Next of kin: sister, Nellie Wakelen.
Cole, Private George Edward no.6967 13th Battalion, 23rd Reinforcements Vincent Street, Canterbury. Carpenter Born at Wanganui, N.Z.
Enlisted at Darlington 25/9/1916, aged 25. Single. Church of England. Serving in the 9th Infantry at the time of enlistment. Next of kin: mother, Mrs Edith Constance Arthur, King’s Avenue, Gonville, Wanganui, New Zealand Killed in action at Riencourt 11/4/1917, aged 26. Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Coleman, Private Leland Cuthbert no.3036 18th Battalion 7th Reinforcements, later 13th Battalion Canterbury Road, Lakemba. Electrician Born at Grafton, October 2,1896, son of Olive & James R. Coleman. Educated at Leichhardt Superior Public School. Enlisted 9/8/1915, aged 20. Single. Methodist. Next of kin, father, J.R. Coleman, Canterbury Road, Lakemba. Embarked December 23,1915. War service: Egypt; France (wounded Mouquet Farm); appointed home service, Salisbury Plain; received injuries Casualty list DT 27/12/1916 Returned to duty Invalided to Australia, June 7, 1918; discharged medically unfit August 24, 1918. Married Bertha F. Gray 1924 Portrait and biography in The All-Australia Memorial 1919 Lakemba RSC Roll ofHonour (L.E. Coleman)
Private Leland Cuthbert Coleman All Australia Memorial (Mitchell Library)
Collath, Private Carl Edgar no.3028 2nd Battalion 10th Reinforcements, later 54th Battalion Campsie Estate, Campsie. Painter Enlisted 13/7/1915, aged 28. Single. Church of England. Next of kin, father, I. Collath,