Ernest Augustus Collett
(Cir 1870-)
Lucy Alice Batten
(Cir 1870-)
George Augustus Collett
(1889-1970)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Alice Jane Minnie Short

George Augustus Collett

  • Born: 8 Feb 1889, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
  • Marriage (1): Alice Jane Minnie Short on 21 Aug 1915 in Victoria Australia
  • Died: 6 Nov 1970, Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria Australia at age 81
  • Buried: 10 Nov 1970, Springvale Crematorium, Victoria Australia

  General Notes:

First World War Embarkation Roll
George Augustus Collett
Number 19606
Rank Gunner
Unit 8 FAB [Field Artillery Brigade] (May 1916)
Ship Name HMAT Medic
Ship number A7
Date of embarkation 20 May 1916
Place of embarkation Sydney

George Augustus Collett enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 12/7/1915. His father was next of kin: - Mr Ernest Augustus Collett, Ferncroft Avenue, East Melbourne. Later this was crossed out and his wife, Alice J.N. Collett, 318 Highett Street, Richmond was entered as next of kin.
On the Certificate of Medical Examination George is described as: - 26 years and 5 months, height - 5 feet 9 inches, weight - 9 stone 6 pounds, chest measurement - 31 and a half/34 inches, complexion - ruddy, eyes - blue, hair - dark brown and religious denomination - Presbyterian. His distinctive marks were:- vaccinations - 2 on left arm, mole - abdomen, mole - left arm, mole - left breast, mole - between shoulder blades.
George was sent to France. On the 29/9/1917 he was wounded (Gas Poisoning) in action, and admitted to 11th Stationary Hospital. On the 10/10/1917 he was transferred to England and admitted to Reading War Hospital suffering with Mustard Gas Poisoning, shell burns left foot. He was promoted to Corporal.
George returned to Australia per “Nevasa” on 5/3/1919 and reached Melbourne on 25/4/1919. He received the British War, Victory Medals.

Hastings Heritage Study, Vol. 1 (page 80 of 627)
Name of Place Westoaks, farm, house & garden.
Place Identifier 242
Address 154 Baxter Tooradin Road, Somerville
Site Type Farm house & garden
Description
This is a relatively large and architecturally distinctive but conservative Edwardian era weatherboard house, with hipped and gabled corrugated iron clad roof form, return timber framed verandah with timber brackets, timber eaves brackets and rosettes, and brick chimneys topped with ornamental cement cornices. The house yard contains large and semi-mature Monterey pines (the large example at the gate is 20m high), one large and one smaller oak near the house, and an ‘Arbutus sp”.
Mature trees related to the construction period of the building aid in the period expression and cultural significance of the place as indicators of age and period.
History
This property (now CA 29G Frankston parish, 42 acres) was selected as CA29E by William E. Rowe, a Hawthorn farm labourer, in 1878 (PP). The parish survey carried out by LB Counsel, showed the pre-selection block as CA29 parts A&B each of 132 acres, noted as ‘inferior pasture land moderately timbered’ (Bennett:77).
Reborn as CA29G of Frankson parish the property was granted to orchardist George Augustus Collett of Baxter in 1946 as a soldier settlement allotment for 740 pound. This was after what must have been a long leasehold period stretching back to 1919. Within months it had been resold to a poultry farmer Dr Jamieson.
Note: The above article is only an extract from the original text.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Clerk.

• Birth Certificate: (7704).

• Death Certificate Number: (27037).


George married Alice Jane Minnie Short, daughter of James Alfred Short and Laura Annie Stephens, on 21 Aug 1915 in Victoria Australia. (Alice Jane Minnie Short was born on 12 Jul 1892 in Melbourne South, Victoria Australia, died on 28 Aug 1984 in Donvale, Victoria Australia and was buried on 30 Aug 1984 in Springvale Crematorium, Victoria Australia.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Certificate: (8899).


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