Soldier profiles
Name : COLCOTT, GEORGE RUSSELL
Service Number : VX46881
Date of Birth : 02/03/1919
Place of Birth : MIDDLE PARK, VIC
Known as : BLUEY
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 15/07/1940
Locality on Enlistment : OAKLEIGH, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : COLCOTT, PERCY
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : SERGEANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : 12 PLATOON B COMPANY (DAEO, MOROTAI)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : BORNEO
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 05/12/1945
Date Died : 05/09/1961
Age at Death : 42
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6124425 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_090598.jpg
Background : Died after accident at home in Bentleigh, Victoria.
