"Bill" William COLPITTS
Born 30 November 1907 in Lancashire, England [16]
Son of William Robert COLPITTS and Isabella Jane Cruickshanks ANGUS [P48]
Arrived with his parents in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on the Largs Bay on 9 June 1927 [63]
After residing in New South Wales for seven months shifted with his parents to Western Australia in 1928 [P48]
In March 1928 shifted with his parents to John W. COLPITTS' Heppleholme Farm in Winchester, Western Australia [4: 16-Feb-1929]
Farmhand on Heppleholme Farm and neighbouring farms in Winchester in 1928[4: 16-Feb-1929]
Resided with his parents in one of the two houses on Heppleholme Farm in Winchester in 1928 [4: 16-Feb-1929]
In 1936 was working as a Labourer and living with his parents on Waterfall Road in the Perth suburb of Maida Vale [50]
Married Mildred Helen STEINECK in 1937 [66]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Queens Park prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 23 July 1941 [16]
Corporal WX15301 in the Australian Army's 1 Australian Movement Control Group during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 16 May 1944 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Como [2]
Died 30 July 2003; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 19, 198) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'William Colpitts' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 18 November 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/william-colpitts [reference list] |
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