PART EIGHT

The Australia Line 1830 to 2020

Updated July 2024

For a great many years now correspondence and information has been exchanged with cousins Don Collett [Ref. 8R30] and Ann Roslyn Preston [see Ref. 8R28] who are descendants of the Gloucestershire Collett family now living in Australia. During 2002 Don created his own website which he later re-launched prior to his death in 2014 as http://members.westnet.com.au/dcollett. This Part 8 of the Collett Family History is a personal tribute to the late Don Collett, whose family line is denoted in upper case, and a big thank you to Ann Preston (her line denoted by the names in italics) for the information she has supplied and for her continued friendship over many years

This section of the Collett story starts at Painswick in Gloucestershire with Henry Collett [Ref. 1O79] and mainly concentrates on those people carrying the Collett name, whereas Don Collett’s website opens this up to the extended family. It was Henry’s great-granddaughter, Dorothy Pitt nee Collett [Ref. 8R16], who kindly provided the detailed story of her father James Percy Collett [Ref. 8Q7] who died in 2006, just short of his 104^th birthday. This has been followed up by the publication of a new book entitled “Jim – An Australian Hero” by Maria Ngo which was available to purchase from April 2013

A special edition of this file replaced the previous unbridged version in 2022. This followed a request from the children of the late David Clive Collett [Ref. 8R34] to remove all their details, the requested received from Angela Cutting, one of the five siblings

HENRY COLLETT [8O1] (Ref. 1O79) was born on 7^th June 1838 and was baptised on 24^th June 1838 at Painswick in Gloucestershire, the fifth of the seven children of Henry Collett and Elizabeth Mills. He married Elizabeth Roberts on 6^th April 1858 at Brynmawr near Crickhowell in South Wales. Elizabeth, who was baptised on 3^rd January 1836 at Abergavenny, was the daughter of Peter Roberts and his wife Mary Moore. Henry and Elizabeth emigrated to Australia when they sailed out of Plymouth on the 23^rd August 1860 onboard the sailing ship Schah Jehan, which arrived at Port Adelaide in South Australia on 2^nd December that same year

The ship’s passenger list included the names of Henry Collett, aged 22 and from Painswick, a miner, and Elizabeth Collett nee Roberts, aged 34 and from Abergaveny, to which was added, mid-journey, their daughter Eliza Collett. According to the Official Ships' Papers and the doctors Births-on-Board list, Eliza was born at sea on 2^nd Oct 1860 near Sulawesi in Indonesia. Nineteen days after arriving at Port Adelaide, and struggling with her health, it was just six kilometres south-east of Port Adelaide that baby Eliza was baptised at St Margaret’s Anglican Church on the corner of Port Road and Woodville Road in Woodville, South Australia, on 21^st December 1860. She died shortly thereafter and was buried on 22^nd December 1860 at West Terrace Cemetery in Adelaide

Henry Collett was a coal miner in England and a gold miner in Australia and, around 1865, he and his family left Adelaide when they settled at Portland in Victoria where their fourth child was born, before returning to South Australia after a couple of years, where two more children were added to the family. However, it was at Maryborough in Victoria where Henry Collett died on 11^th April 1918 and where he was buried during the following day, 12^th April 1918. His wife Elizabeth had died nearly thirty years earlier, when she passed away on 20^th April 1890 at Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, following which she was buried at Cheltenham Cemetery in Melbourne on 22^nd April 1890. This photograph was most likely taken around 1916 and included his daughter-in-law Emily Jane Collett nee Corey, the wife of his eldest son William Henry, with her five youngest children. They were James, Charles, Tennyson, Emily, and Eva.

The children of Henry Collett and Elizabeth Roberts are detailed on the next page

8P1 – Eliza Jane Collett was born in 1860 on the voyage to Australia

8P2 – William Henry Collett was born in 1861 at Adelaide, South Australia

8P3 – Mary Jane Collett was born in 1864 at Adelaide, South Australia

8P4 – ENANUEL PETER JAMES COLLETT was born in 1866 at Portland, Victoria

8P5 – Edwin Arthur Collett was born in 1869 at Queenstown, South Australia

8P6 – Eleanor Harriett Sinai Collett was born in 1876 at South Australia

Eliza Jane Collett [8P1] was born at sea on 2^nd October 1860 onboard the sailing ship Schah Jehan bound for Australia from Plymouth. The difficult sea journey resulted in her mother Elizabeth being taken ill during, and following the birth, with Eliza being born at a point in the voyage when there was still two months to go before the ship reached its final-destination. It is apparent that, like her mother, Eliza Jane was also not in the best of health on arrival at Port Adelaide on 2^nd December 1860. With it likely that she would not survive, Eliza was baptised at St Margaret’s Anglican Church in Woodville on 21^st December 1860 and then died and was buried at West Terrace Cemetery in Adelaide the very next day

William Henry Collett was born at Portland Estate in Port Adelaide, South Australia, on 26^th December 1861, the eldest surviving child of Henry Collett and Elizabeth Roberts. When he was around four years old the family moved to Portland in Victoria before returning to Port Adelaide three years after, where he later married his sister-in-law Emily Jane Corey on 17^th July 1889. Emily was the younger sister of Henry Corey who, seven years earlier, had married William’s sister Mary Jane Collett (below). Emily was born on 1^st April 1868 at 63 Rollo Street, Battersea in London, England, the daughter of William Corey and Henrietta Emery. Their children were born at various locations in Victoria, with the majority born at Maryborough. William’s occupation was that of a carpenter, although at the time of the death of their son Henry, during the First World War, he and Emily were living at The Post Office in Maryborough. William Henry Collett died on 17^th March 1937 at Maryborough and was buried at Maryborough Cemetery on 20^th May 1937. Emily Jane Collett nee Corey died on 8^th September 1962 at Adelaide and was buried there in Dudley Park Cemetery on 11^th September 1962 at the age of 94

8Q1 - Evelyn Frances Grace Collett was born in 1890 at Carisbrook, Victoria

8Q2 – Edgar Thomas Collett was born in 1891 at Cheltenham, Victoria

8Q3 - Henry Collett was born in 1894 at Carisbrook, Victoria

8Q4 - William Collett was born in 1896 at Maryborough, Victoria

8Q5 – Albert Ernest Collett was born in 1897 at Carisbrook, Victoria

8Q6 – George Robert Collett was born in 1900 at Maryborough, Victoria

8Q7 – James Percy Collett was born in 1902 at Maryborough, Victoria

8Q8 – Charles William Henry Collett was born in 1904 at Maryborough, Victoria

8Q9 – Emily Henrietta Collett was born in 1907 at Maryborough, Victoria

8Q10 – Tennyson Harold Collett was born in 1910 at Griffith Gully, Victoria

8Q11 – Eva Elizabeth Jane Collett was born in 1913 at Maryborough, Victoria

Mary Jane Collett [8P3] was born at Port Adelaide on 8^th June 1864 and not long after she was born the family settled in Victoria before returning to Port Adelade. Mary Jane married Henry Corey on 26^th December 1882 at the Bible Christian Church in Yatala, South Australia. Henry Corey, the brother of Emily Jane Corey who married Mary Jane’s old brother William Collett (above), was born on 25^th December 1860 at 17 Lillington Street in Westminster, London, another child of William Corey and Henrietta Emery. Henry had emigrated to Australia in 1875 on board the ship North, which sailed from Plymouth on 10^th September and arrived at Port Adelaide on 30^th November. However, the passengers were not permitted to land until 9^th December, possibly because of the risk of disease or infection on board the ship. Henry’s occupation was that of stonemason and plasterer

Mary Jane Corey nee Collett died on 1^st February 1889 at Mentone Moorabbin Shire in Victoria after the birth of the couple’s third child, and was buried at Cheltenham Cemetery. A few years later Henry Corey married (2) Mary Thomas Miller Barnett from which union their daughter Henrietta Mary Corey was born. Two years later Henry and Mary sailed on the ship Wollowra to Albany in Western Australia, arriving there on 25^th August 1896. Henry Corey died on 27^th May 1940 at Perth in Western Australia and was buried at Karrakatta Cemetery

The children of Henry Corey and Mary Jane Collett are detailed on the next page

The three children of Henry Corey and his first wife Mary Jane were Eva Elizabeth Jane Corey who was born on 18^th November 1883, who died on 24^th June 1937, Henry Clifford Corey who was born on 23^rd July 1885, who died in 1958, and Thomas Percival Corey who was born in 1887 and died in 1960. The fourth and last child of Henry Corey, by his second wife Mary, was Henrietta Mary Corey who was born in 1894 who later married a member of the Collett family of his first wife. Her husband was Edwin Arthur Collett, the third child of Emanual Peter James Collett (below), the nephew of Henry Corey

EMANUEL PETER JAMES COLLETT [8P4] was born at Portland in Victoria on 28^th December 1866 and he later married Hetty Matilda Ruff on 8^th August 1891 at Armadale in Victoria. Emanuel was a bricklayer and he died on 24^th April 1912 at Malvern in Victoria and was buried on 25^th April at Cheltenham Cemetery in Melbourne. Hetty was born in 1869 at Prahan in Victoria, the daughter of James Ruff and Elizabeth Vines. She died on 26^th September 1935 at Caulfield in Victoria, and was buried the following day at Cheltenham Cemetery. A photograph, kindly provided by Neil Evans in 2016, shows widow Hetty Matilda Collett sitting with her family shortly before she passed away. The picture was taken in the back garden of her home and included seven of hr eight children. They were Les, Archie, Edwin, and Percy (standing), with Beatrice, Reg, and Irene (seated). Daughter Ida was the missing child, who had suffered an infant death. Neil recalls his grandmother Hetty was living with his mother Irene Evans nee Collett when she died

8Q12 – Archibald Victor James Collett was born in 1892 at Malvern, Victoria

8Q13 – Percival Harold Collett was born in 1893 at Armadale, Victoria

8Q14 – EDWIN ARTHUR COLLETT was born in 1895 at Carisbrook, Victoria

8Q15 – Beatrice Maude Collett was born in 1897 at Maryborough, Victoria

8Q16 – Ida Matilda Collett was born in 1899 at Maryborough, Victoria

8Q17 – Leslie St Clair Collett was born in 1900 at Armadale, Victoria

8Q18 – Irene Elizabeth Collett was born in 1904 at Brighton, Victoria

8Q19 – Reginald Collett was born in 1907 at Sandringham, Victoria

Edwin Arthur Collett [8P5] was born on 10^th September 1869 at Queenstown in South Australia, another son of Henry Collett and Elizabeth Roberts. Edwin later married Margaret Annie Archard on 8^th November 1900 at Ballarat in Victoria where their first three children were born. After that, the family moved to Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, where two more children were added to the family, before the couple’s last child was born at the Bentleigh suburb of Melbourne. Margaret was born on 31^st December 1876 at Taragulla in Victoria and died on 25^th January 1949 at Williamstown in Victoria. Edwin Arthur Collett died on 8^th April 1942 at Kyneton in Victoria and was buried at Riddells Creek in Victoria, where his wife was buried nearly seven years later, on 27^th January 1949 following her passing two days earlier

8Q20 – Arthur Edwin Collett was born in 1902 at Ballarat, Victoria

8Q21 – Ida Elizabeth Collett was born in 1903 at Ballarat, Victoria

8Q22 – Thomas George Collett was born in 1905 at Ballarat, Victoria

8Q23 – Clifford Henry Collett was born in 1906 at Brighton, Melbourne

8Q24 – Elise May Collett was born in 1907 at Brighton, Melbourne

8Q25 – Geoffrey Archard Collett was born in 1909 at Bentleigh, Melbourne

Eleanor Harriett Sinai Collett [8P6] was born in South Australia on 29^th January 1876, the six and last child of Henry Collett and Elizabeth Roberts. She married James Cochrane in 1892, who died sixty-five years later, on 14^th February 1957. Eleanor survived her husband by a further fifteen years when she died in 1972 at Malvern and was buried at Cheltenham in Victoria at the age of 96. The couple had six children and all were born in Victoria. The first three Myrtle Wilimea (born in 1892), Beatrice Elizabeth Cochrane (born in 1894), and William Henry Cochrane (born in 1895), were born at Cheltenham, with Ivy Lillian Cochrane (born in 1898) at Brighton, Charles James Cochrane (born in 1899) at Gembrook, and Royden Alexander Cochrane (born on 3^rd March 1909) at Malvern

Evelyn Frances Grace Collett [8Q1] was born at Carisbrook, Victoria on 23^rd January 1890, the first-born child of William Henry Collett and Emily Jane Corey, who was his sister-in-law. Evelyn married twice in her life, the first time to (1) Herbert James Emery who was born during 1888 in South Australia, the son of John and Edith Emery. The marriage produced four children for the couple, Henry Emery, Gladys Emery, Evelyn (Linnie) Emery, and Violet Emery, although their dates of birth are not known. Herbert later died at Adelaide on 6^th December 1952, following which Evelyn married (2) Bruce W Willcocks. She was eighty years old when she died in Adelaide on 10^th September 1970

Edgar Thomas Collett [8Q2] was born at Cheltenham in Victoria during 1891, the eldest son of William and Emily Collett. Tragically, he did not survive, when he died at Maryborough on 20^th October 1902 and was buried there two days later at the age of only eleven years

Henry Collett [8Q3] was born at Carisbrook, Victoria on 6^th June 1894, another son of William and Emily Collett. At the outbreak of the Great War, he enlisted as Private 1519 with the 24^th Battalion Australian Infantry of the Australian Imperial Force. He saw active service with the Anzac (Australian & New Zealand Corps) battles to secure Gallipoli in Turkey, but tragically died there at Lone Pine on 14^th October 1915. He was buried at the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac in Turkey, which looks out over the Aegean Sea – grave ref. ID.19. His parents were notified of his death when they were living at The Post Office in Maryborough. His entry in the Service Records of the National Archives of Australia (www.naa.gov.au) stated that: he was born at Maryborough (rather than Carisbrook); he enlisted at Mildura in Victoria; his service number was SERN1519; and his father and next-of-kin was William H Collett

William Collett [8Q4] was born at Maryborough in Victoria on 4^th June 1896, and he died on 30^th November 1974 at Yarram in Victoria, following which he was buried on 2^nd December 1974 at Welshpool in the Shire of South Gippsland in Victoria. He was the fourth child and eldest surviving son of William Henry Collett and Emily Jane Corey. During his life he was a soldier in the First World War, and later a policeman, a wrestler, and a storeman. His entry in the Service Records of the National Archives of Australia (www.naa.gov.au) confirmed that: he was born at Maryborough; he enlisted at Maryborough; his service number was 3080; and his father and next-of-kin was William H Collett. It may be of interest to note that his service number 3080 immediately followed that of his cousin Percival Harold Collett [Ref. 8Q13] who was 3079, perhaps indicating that they had enlisted together

William married (1) Ethyl Bryle Myrne Hughes who was born in January 1889, the daughter of Ned Hughes and Arabella Jenkins. The marriage produced one son for the couple who was born in 1919, before William and Ethyl separated. William then married (2) Phyllis Elizabeth Phillips who was born on 9^th June 1905, with whom he had a further two children. Ethyl Bryle Myrne Collett nee Hughes died at Melbourne on 17^th December 1972 and was buried two days later at Traralgon in Victoria, while Phyllis Elizabeth Collett nee Phillips died on 22^nd May 1989 at the Foster Hospital, South Gippsland, and was buried nine days later, on 31^st May, at Toora Lawn Cemetery in South Gippsland. Her Will was proved at Melbourne on 9^th October 1989, which gave her last address as Welshpool, just a few miles east of Toora, where she was a housewife

8R1 – John William Henry Collett was born in 1919 at Kew, Victoria

The following are the two children of William Collett and his second wife Phyllis Elizabeth Phillips:

8R2 – Terry Collett

8R3 – Gladys Collett

Albert Ernest Collett [8Q5] was born at Carisbrook, Victoria in 1897 and was another child of William and Emily Collett. He married Lillian Jean Hutcherson and the married produced one son for the couple

8R4 - Albert Ernest Milburn Collett was born in 1928 at Croydon, South Australia

George Robert Collett [8Q6] was born at Maryborough, Victoria on 13^th July 1900, the sixth child of William and Emily Collett, and he died at Geelong in Victoria on 19^th August 1976. He was around twenty-one years of age when he married Hilda May Dean during 1922 at Maryborough, with whom he had nine children. Twelve days after losing her husband, Hilda May Collett nee Dean passed away on 31^st August 1976. The information about George and Hilda, and their previously unknown nine children, was generously provided by Carla Collett in 2018 and included in this family line in November 2020. Carla is the wife of Bradley James Dean Collett [Ref. 8S12], the fourth of the five children of George and Hilda’s son Thomas James Collett (below)

8R5 – Sadie Collett was born in 1923 at Maryborough, Victoria

8R6 – Robert Henry Collett was born in 1924 at Maryborough, Victoria

8R7 – Kevin William Collett was born in 1926 at Maryborough, Victoria

8R8 – George Douglas Collett was born in 1929 at Maryborough, Victoria

8R9 – Shirley Collett was born in 1931 at Maryborough, Victoria

8R10 – Joy May Collett was born in 1937 at Maryborough, Victoria

8R11 – Thomas James Collett was born in 1938 at Maryborough, Victoria

8R12 – Leonard Maxwell Collett date and place of birth not known

8R13 – John Francis Collett date and place of birth not known

James Percy Collett [8Q7] was born at Maryborough on 25^th October 1902, the seventh of the eleven children of William and Emily Collett. It was also at Maryborough where he married Bessie Melvia Carlyon on 4^th April 1924. During his life he was referred to as Jim Collett and with Bessie he was the father of four children. Bessie was born on 14^th December 1902, also at Maryborough, and died at Caulfield in Victoria on 5^th March 1992 and was buried five days later at Glenroy in Victoria. James lived to the remarkable age of almost 104 years, but unfortunately passed away at Caulfield on 23^rd August 2006 just two months short of his 104^th birthday. He was buried six days later at the Fawkner Memorial Cemetery in the Hadfield, a north suburb of Melbourne. The photo of Jim was taken sometime between 1952 and 1970 when he was working at the Melbourne City Mission

8R14 – James Leslie Collett was born in 1925 at Maryborough, Victoria

8R15 – Betty Jean Collett was born in 1927 at Jeparit, Victoria

8R16 – Dorothy Shirley Collett was born in 1929 at Jeparit, Victoria

8R17 – Victor Henry Collett was born in 1933 at Stawell, Victoria

The Life Story of a Great Man, James Percy Collett, as told by his daughter Dorothy Pitt

James Percy Collett was a remarkable man who spent his life in the service of others. He began his working life as a farmhand at the age of 12, to help to support his parents raise their eleven children. Their life was difficult in a raw mining town in Victoria, Australia. His father William Henry Collett [Ref. 8P2] was a carpenter and a handy man, but money was scarce in those days and folk did as much for themselves as they could. James was always cheerful, bringing home his wages at regular intervals to enable his mother able to buy shoes etc for the younger children. James knew he needed an education so would read his brother’s school books. That led him to take up a correspondence course for when he went back to his farming

His grandfather Henry Collett [Ref. 1O79] who had travelled from Painswick to Australia in 1860 had given him a bible. That went everywhere with him and he became enthralled at the life that Jesus had led. He taught himself to play many instruments and loved to entertain with ballads sung in his wonderful young baritone voice. It was at a fair in his home town that he met the love of his life, Bessie Melvia Carlyon, a pretty teenager who modelled for the local dress shops. He won her heart with his blonde good looks, his music, and his unassuming manner. She was totally charmed from that day on. Bessie promised to wait for him until he returned from farming. Only eight months after they met, they were married in April 1924 and exactly a year later their first child was born

James found a local job to be with his little family and was soon promoted to a better position in Jeparit where the next two children were born. After a further few years in Jeparit the family moved again to enable James to improve his position with the Victorian Railways. It was in Stawell that James, at the age of 36, became a Christian and where their fourth child was born. Soon he was involved in the social activities of the younger members of the church and held classes in First Aid, Bible Study, and Scouting, and was enlisted as a preacher from time to time. Eventually another promotional change sent the family to Ballarat, a large provincial city in Victoria. The children were teenagers by now and found new schools and work for their eldest son. James attended his new church and soon found his reputation had preceded him via the church newsletter and was pressed into continuing his leadership roles. A new scout troop, more first-aid classes, more bible study groups, and many new friendships were made

One Sunday there appeared an advertisement in the newsletter, seeking the services of a missioner to manage the Melbourne City Mission. James was 50 years old at that time and had retired from the railways and was interested in a change of direction, so applied for the position. He went to Melbourne for an interview and found himself in a roomful of other applicants. Eventually he was called to give account of himself and was sent home with the promise of a following letter about the outcome. Finally, the letter arrived and he was successful. He became the Missioner in Charge at that wonderful institution devoted to the care and rehabilitation of the homeless and, sometimes, hopeless people in the large capital city of Melbourne. James was there for 18 years and he could tell many a story of the people who came through his doors. There were many successes with often professional people able to return to their former lives after extensive counselling

James retired from that position at the age of 68. However, he continued to give service in a voluntary capacity, repairing furniture and electrical items for resale in charitable organisations, walking each day to the workshop in High Street at Prahran as he had never owned or driven a car in all his life. After another 18 years of service, he reluctantly had to retire but still mended clocks and other items that were brought to him at home. Now that James had retired, he decided to undertake a course on Theology – his life-long passion. That entailed years of study with many examinations and, finally at the age of 91, he attained his B.A. in Bible Theology with the University of Texas

James was now a staunch member of the church in Swanston Street in Melbourne and never missed a Sunday for many years. He was a favourite with the children who called him “Uncle Jim” and they gathered around him after the service in the coffee room. He knew each child by name and would tell them stories from the bible and ask them little questions which they would compete to answer. And so, his life continued with the love and joy of life every single day. He achieved everything he set his mind to, and was loved and admired by all who knew him. There were many wonderful glowing speeches at his funeral and it was clear that all felt the richer for having known the man who lived his life for others

A more detailed account of his life can now be found in the book entitled ‘Jim – An Australian Hero – The Story of James Percy Collett as told to Maria Ngo’ - as published and made available worldwide from April 2013

Charles William Henry Collett [8Q8] was born at Maryborough on 4^th May.1904, another son of William Henry Collett and his wife Emily Jane Corey. He twenty-one when he married Myrtle Dellar on 15^th August 1925, with Myrtle having been born in Adelaide on 6^th December 1904. Their marriage produced seven children for the couple. Charles William Henry Collett died relatively young, after just fifteen years of married life, when he passed away on 13^th September 1940 at Melbourne, before his youngest child had reached four years of age. Following his death in 1940 Myrtle was married for a second time, from whence she was Myrtle McDonald. And it was as Myrtle McDonald that she was named as the next-of-kin for her eldest son Albert when he saw active service during the Second World War. She was living at Dubbo in New South Wales when she died during 1991. The photograph of Charles, at the age of 12, was taken in 1916 and was part of a larger group photograph with his grandfather Henry Collett, his mother Emily Jane Collett, his older brother James (above) and his three younger siblings (below)

8R18 – Albert Henry Collett was born in 1925 at Pakenham, Victoria

8R19 – Gloria Mary Collett was born in 1927 at Maryborough, Victoria

8R20 – Leslie Collett was born in 1929 at Maryborough, Victoria

8R21 – Harold Collett was born in 1931 at Maryborough, Victoria

8R22 – Ronald James Collett was born in 1932 at Maryborough, Victoria

8R23 – Aileen Emily Collett was born in 1935 at Melbourne, Victoria

8R24 – Valerie Joyce Collett was born in 1936 at Melbourne, Victoria

Emily Henrietta Collett [8Q9] was born at Maryborough on 11^th December 1907, one of the daughters of William and Emily Collett. She married Lesley George Mills on 21^st May 1927 in Victoria, with whom she had two daughters Betty Mills (date of birth unknown) and Joan Ada Mills who was born on 28^th August 1929. Emily Henrietta Mills nee Collett died on 5^th July 2001. The picture of Emily was taken in 1916 and is an extract from a larger photograph of her grandfather Henry Collett, her mother and her four youngest siblings

Tennyson Harold Collett [8Q10] was born at Griffith Gully in Victoria on 29^th July 1910 and was the tenth child and youngest son of William and Emily Collett. He joined the army and saw active service during the Second World War. His army service number was 83900. He was almost fifty years old when he married (1) Dorothy Joyce Hunt on 30^th April 1960, Dorothy having been born in 1912, and he later married (2) Beryl. The picture of Tennyson was taken in 1916 and is an extract from a larger photograph of his grandfather Henry Collett, his mother and his four youngest siblings

Eva Elizabeth Jane Collett [8Q11] was born at Maryborough on 22^nd January 1913 and was the eleventh and last child of William Henry Collett and Emily Jane Corey. The snapshot of Eva was taken in 1916 and was part of a larger family group photograph which included her grandfather Henry Collett, her mother Emily Collett nee Corey, and her four older siblings, James, Charles, Emily, and Tennyson. Eva was married twice in her life, the first time to (1) William Henry Borchers, with whom she had four children. Details of the children can be found on the next page

The children of Eva Collett and William Borchers were John Donald Borchers who was born on 8^th July 1932, Elaine Joy Borchers who was born on 3^rd October 1934, Bruce Dennis Borchers who was born on 12^th January 1937, and Garry Lawrence Borchers who was born on 19^th April 1944. Eva later married (2) Patrick Robert Quigg who was born at Newport in Victoria, but who died in August 1990 at Moonta Bay in South Australia, where he was buried

Archibald Victor James Collett [8Q12] was born at Malvern in Victoria on 12^th May 1892, the eldest child of Emanuel Peter James Collett and Hetty Matilda Ruff. He was twenty-six when he married sixteen-year-old Muriel Adeline Harris on 15^th November 1918. Muriel was born on 28^th August 1902, and during the next four years after the couple’s wedding day she presented Archibald with two children. Archibald, who was bricklayer like his father Emanuel Collett and his brother Percival (below), died on 11^th October 1970 and was buried at Dandenong in Victoria. By that time, he had been a widower for five years, following the death of his wife Muriel Adeline Collett nee Harris on 27^th November 1965

8R25 – Yvonne Eleanor Collett was born in 1919 a Camperdown, Victoria t

8R26 – Keith Emanuel Collett was born in 1922 at Camperdown, Victoria

Percival Harold Collett [8Q13] was born at Armadale in Victoria on 19^th August 1893 and was the second of the eight children born to Emanuel and Hetty Collett. Like his older brother Archibald Collett (above) and his father Emanuel, Percival’s occupation was also that of a bricklayer. He saw active service in the First World War and his entry in the Service Records of the National Archives of Australia (www.naa.gov.au) states that: Percy Collett was born at Prahran (rather than Armadale); he enlisted at Oakleigh in Victoria; his service number was 3079; and his mother and next-of-kin was Hetty Collett, his father having already died during 1912. It may be of interest to note that his service number 3079 was immediately before that of his cousin William Collett [Ref. 8Q4] who was 3080, perhaps indicating that they had enlisted together

Percy married Ruby Irene Theresa Andrews at Caulfield in Victoria on 12^th April 1924. Rita, as she was known, was born on 13^th February 1898 at Coburg in Victoria and died at Hobart in Tasmania on 18^th November 1984. Percival Harold Collett had also died in Hobart during the previous year, when he passed away on 14^th January 1983, following which he was cremated at Springvale in Victoria, the same as Rita, on 17^th January 1983. The couple’s three children were born when Percy and Rita were living at Malvern, Ormond, and Bendigo, perhaps indicating that it was his work as a bricklayer which caused Percy to be so mobile within Victoria

8R27 – Lois Belle Irene Collett was born in 1925 at Malvern, Victoria

8R28 – Betty Ann Collett was born in 1929 at Ormond, Victoria

8R29 – Lesley Marion Collett was born in 1939 at Bendigo, Victoria

EDWIN ARTHUR COLLETT [8Q14] was born on 9^th July 1895 at Carisbrook in Victoria, another child of Emanuel and Hetty Collett. He married his step-cousin Henrietta Mary Corey on 27^th August 1925 at St Andrews Church in Unley, South Australia. She was the fourth child of Henry Corey and his only child by his second wife, following the death of Mary Jane Collett [Ref. 8P3] his first wife. Like his brother Percival (above), Edwin also saw active service during the First World War and his entry in the Service Records of the National Archives of Australia (www.naa.gov.au) stated that: he was born at Maryborough (rather than Carisbrook); he enlisted at Melbourne; his service number was 6928; and his mother and next-of-kin was Hetty (Hettie) Collett. Henrietta, who was known as Etta, was born on 12^th March 1894 at Mentone in Victoria, and was the daughter of Henry Corey and his second wife Mary Thomas Miller Barnett. The marriage produced two sons and, during his life, Edwin Arthur Collett was a farmer and a railway worker, and he died at Perth in Western Australia on 24^th December 1950. His widow Henrietta (Etta) was a stenographer and she also died in Perth on 6^th May 1975, when her ashes, like those of her husband, were buried at Karrakatta Cemetery, Karrakatta being a suburb of Perth

8R30 – DONALD COLLETT was born in 1928 at Manangatang, Victoria

8R31 – Laurie Richard Collett was born in 1931 at Manangatang in Victoria

Beatrice Maude Collett [8Q15] was born at Maryborough in Victoria on 16^th March 1897, the eldest daughter and fourth child of Emanuel and Hetty Collett. She was a clothing machinist and she married William Waknell in 1937. She died on 2^nd April 1984 and was buried in Victoria, having previously given birth to the couple’s only child Faye Waknell who was born on 14^th February 1938

Ida Matilda Collett [8Q16] was born at Maryborough in Victoria during July 1899, but tragically died when she was only seven months old on 5^th February 1900 and was buried at Maryborough. She was the fifth of the eight children of Emanuel and Hetty Collett

Leslie St Clair Collett [8Q17] was born at Armadale in Victoria on 29^th July 1900, another son of Emanuel and Hetty Collett. He was a bricklayer and he married Emma Rose Brundrett on 16^th December 1922 at Moonee Ponds in Victoria. Emma was born on 1^st January 1900 at Moonee Ponds and died during 1968 in Victoria. Leslie died at Caulfield in Victoria on 20^th June 1998. Their two children were born while the couple were living at East Malvern in Victoria

8R32 – June Rose Collett was born in 1924 at East Malvern, Victoria

8R33 – Ronald Leslie Collett was born in 1929 at East Malvern, Victoria

Irene Elizabeth Collett [8Q18] was born at Brighton, a suburb of Melbourne in East Victoria, on 19^th December 1904, only the second surviving daughter of Emanuel and Hetty Collett. Like her older surviving sister Beatrice (above), she was also a clothing machinist. Irene married Harold James Evans on 1^st February 1930, he having been born during February 1902, and with whom she had a son, Neil Evans who was born on 5^th March 1932. Harold died on 25^th October 1967, following which he was cremated on 27^th October 1967 at Springvale Cemetery in Victoria. Twenty-five years after the death of her husband Irene Elizabeth Evans nee Collett died at Bunderim in Queensland on 12^th August 1992, where she was also cremated. Her son Neil then had the ashes flown to Melbourne following which there was a family service at Springvale Cemetery and the interment of the ashes alongside those of her late husband

Reginald Collett [8Q19] was born on 29^th August 1907 at Sandringham, a suburb of Melbourne to the south of Brighton. He was the eighth and last child of Emanuel Peter James Collett and Hetty Matilda Ruff. Like so many members of the Collett family at that time, he too was a bricklayer. In 1929 Reginald married Rubi May Clark who was born on 9^th September 1911. The couple already had three children prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, when Reginal enlisted with the armed forces and saw active service in the campaign. His entry in the Service Records of the National Archives of Australia (www.naa.gov.au) stated that: he was born at Bentleigh in Victoria (rather than Sandringham); he enlisted at Caulfield in Victoria; his service number was VX/69193; and his wife and next-of-kin was Rubi Collett. After surviving through the war, widower Reginald Collett was one month short of his eighty-third birthday, when he died in Victoria on 27^th July 1990 and was cremated at Springvale Cemetery four days later, as was his late wife eleven years earlier on 25^th March 1979

8R34 – David Clive Collett was born in 1930 at

8R35 – Margaret Aileen Collett was born in 1932 at

8R36 – Peter Thomas Collett was born in 1938 at

Arthur Edwin Collett [8Q20] was born at Ballarat in Victoria, north-west of Melbourne, on 12^th June 1902, the first of the six children of Edwin Arthur Collett and Margaret Annie Archard. Arthur Edwin later married Elizabeth Grace Moyle on 12^th June 1937 and died twenty-two years later, on 17^th February 1959. Being in his mid-thirties when he was married is possibly the reason why they had no children

Ida Elizabeth Collett [8Q21] was born at Ballarat, Victoria, on 20^th March 1903, the eldest of only two daughters in a family of boys of Edwin and Margaret Collett. In 1928 she married Stanley Andrew de Campo, from whom she was divorced after six years, on 8^th November 1934. The short marriage produced just one child, Edwin (Ted) Andrew Campo who was born on 1^st January 1929. Ida Elizabeth Campo nee Collett died on 30^th December 1999 and was cremated at Riddells Creek

Thomas George Collett [8Q22] was born at Ballarat on 5^th October 1905, another son of Edwin and Margaret Collett. He was a farmer at Clarkefield in Victoria and he married Roma Grace Boyle who was born on 7^th September 1910. Thomas served in the armed forces during the Second World War and his entry in the Service Records of the National Archives of Australia (www.naa.gov.au) confirmed that: he was born at Ballarat, Victoria; he enlisted at Caulfield, Victoria; his service number was VX/41731; and his wife and next-of-kin was Roma Collett. The couple’s first child was born before the outbreak of war, while the second was born in the middle of the campaign, during a period of leave. Thomas George Collett died on 6^th December 1981 and was buried at Wangaratta Cemetery in Victoria

8R37 – David Collett was born in 1935 at Victoria

8R38 – Heather Margaret Collett was born in 1943 at Victoria

Clifford Henry Collett [8Q23] was born at Brighton in East Victoria on 14^th October 1906, the fourth of the six children of Edwin and Margaret Collett. He married May Eaton Stray on 9^th January 1929 who was already expected the birth of their first child, who was born fifteen weeks after their weeding day. Ten years later, and following the birth of a further two children, upon the outbreak of the Second World War, Clifford enlisted with the Royal Australian Artillery in which he was bombardier VX 28332. Tragically Clifford Henry Collett died on 14^th July 1943 while on active service at Kanburi in Siam (now Thailand), and was buried at the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery on the Burma Railway. May Eaton Stray was born on 10^th September 1912 and at the time of the death of her husband she was living at Sunbury in Victoria with her three children. May Eaton Collett nee Stay died on 1^st May 1992

8R39 – John William Collett was born in 1929 at Victoria

8R40 – Clifford Edwin Collett was born in 1931 at Victoria

8R41 – Peter Henry Collett was born in 1934 at Victoria

Elsie May Collett [8Q24] was born at Brighton in East Victoria on 31^st October 1907 and was the second daughter of six siblings, another child of Edwin and Margaret Collett. In 1929 she married (1) George (Dud) Seaton Matthews, with whom she had two children, George Matthews, and Valerie Matthews, whose dates of birth are not known. Elsie Matthews nee Collett later married (2) Paez

Geoffrey Archard Collett [8Q25] was born at Bentleigh, a suburb of Melbourne, on 14^th January 1909 and was the sixth and last child of Edwin Arthur Collett and Margaret Annie Archard, after who he was named. He played an active role in the Second World War and, on his return from the hostilities, he married Dorothy Green on 21^st September 1946. His entry in the Service Records of the National Archives of Australia (www.naa.gov.au) confirmed that: he was born at Bentleigh; he enlisted at Royal Park in Victoria; his service number was VX/34376; and his father and next-of-kin was Edwin Collett. Geoffrey Archard Collett died on 26^th December 1974

John William Henry Collett [8R1] was born in the Melbourne suburb of Kew in Victoria on 11^th December 1919, the only child of William Collett and his first wife Ethyl Bryle Myrne Hughes from whom he was later divorced. During his life he was a soldier in the Second World War and a cabinet maker. His entry in the Service Records of the National Archives of Australia (www.naa.gov.au) confirmed that: he was born at Kew; he enlisted at Ripponlea in Victoria; his service number was VX/13807; and his next-of-kin was given as Ethel Oates. As an unmarried man, it is possible that Ethel was in fact his remarried mother Ethyl who, herself, had married for a second time after separating from John’s father. It was three years after the war that the marriage of John William Henry Collett and Patricia Scanlon was conducted at St Michael’s Catholic Church in Traralgon on 28^th June 1947. Patricia was born at Footscray on 23^rd March 1922 and her occupation was described as a homemaker. It is interesting that John and Patricia decided to add ‘e’ to the end of the surname of their five children, who were born in Victoria at Prahran, Caulfield, and Oakleigh. John William Henry Collett died at East Bentleigh in Victoria on 29^th September 2001, following which he was cremated at Springvale Botanical Crematorium on 3^rd October 2001. Patricia Collett nee Scanlon survived her husband by just over three years, when she died at Abbotsford in Victoria on 3^rd February 2005, and was cremated at Springvale Botanical Crematorium on 8^th February 2005, where her ashes were laid with John’s ashes

8S1 – Celeste Marie Collette was born in 1949 at Prahan, Victoria

8S2 – Margaret Mary Collette was born in 1951 at Caulfield, Victoria

8S3 – Gregory John Collette was born in 1952 at Caulfield, Victoria

8S4 – Genevieve Teresa Collett was born in 1954 at Oakleigh, Victoria

8S5 – Leonie Elizabeth Collett was born in 1958 at Oakleigh, Victoria

Albert Ernest Milburn Collett [8R4] was born at Croydon in South Australia on 13^th October 1928 and was the only child of Albert Ernest Collett and Lillian Jean Hutcherson. His occupation was that of a process worker and on 8^th November 1952 he married Elizabeth Florence Jones at Maryborough, Victoria, where Elizabeth had been born on 9^th November 1931. It would appear they lived their entire life together at Maryborough, where their children were born and where Albert Ernest Milburn Collett died on 17^th September 1980

8S6 – Graylin Collett was born in 1957 at Maryborough, Victoria

8S7 – Donna Maree Collett was born in 1960 at Maryborough, Victoria

8S8 – Tracey Nicole Collett was born in 1967 at Maryborough, Victoria

Sadie Collett [8R5] was born at Maryborough in Victoria during 1923 and was the first of the nine children of George Robert Collett and Hilda May Dean

Robert Henry Collett [8R6] was born at Maryborough, Victoria in 1924, the eldest son of George and Hilda Collett. Very little else is known about him, except that he died in Australia during 1991

Kevin William Collett [8R7] was born at Maryborough, Victoria in 1926 and was another son of George and Hilda Collett. Just as with his brothers, Robert (above) and George (below), the only other detail known about him, is that he died in Australia during 1962

George Douglas Collett [8R8] was born at Maryborough in Victoria and was the third son and fourth child of George and Hilda Collett. He was born in 1929 and was only fifteen years of age when he died in Australia during 1944

Shirley Collett [8R9] was born at Maryborough in Victoria during 1931, and was another daughter of George and Hilda Collett

Joy May Collett [8R10] was born at Maryborough, Victoria in 1937, the third daughter and sixth child of George and Hilda Collett

Thomas James Collett [8R11] was born at Maryborough in Victoria during 1938 and was the seventh of the nine children of George Robert Collett and Hilda May Dean. Thomas James Collett married Barbara Estelle Pratt at the port city of Geelong on the west side of Corio Bay in Victoria, and it was there also that the first of the five children was born. Where the couple’s other four children were born has not yet been revealed

8S9 – Julie Anne Collett was born in 1964 at Geelong, Victoria

8S10 – Tracey Lee Collett was born in 1965

8S11 – Deidre Jane Collett was born in 19678

8S12 – Bradley James Dean Collett was born in 1970

8S13 – Michael Creighton Collett was born in 1972

James Leslie Collett [8R14] was born at Maryborough, Victoria on 11^th April 1925, the first-born of the four children of James Percy Collett (Jim) and Bessie Melvia Carlyon. He was a plumber and he married Yvonne Margaret Stringer on 25^th October 1952 at Ballarat in Victoria, where Yvonne had been born on 23^rd October 1932. The marriage produced four children for James and Yvonne, all of whom were born at Ballarat, Victoria

8S14 – Colleen Margaret Collett was born in 1953 at Ballarat, Victoria

8S15 – Anthony James Collett was born in 1955 at Ballarat, Victoria

8S16 – Krishna Monica Collett was born in 1957 at Ballarat, Victoria

8S17 – Michael Francis Collett was born in 1958 at Ballarat, Victoria

Betty Jean Collett [8R15] was born at Jeparit in Western Victoria on 4^th September 1927, the eldest daughter f Jim and Bessie Collett. Betty was a dressmaker and she married Alarec Wilfred Smith in 1950 at Ballarat. Alarec was a carpenter and the couple had five children who are: Dianne Nita Smith; Pamela Jean Smith; Jennifer Dorothy Smith; Mark Lyton Smith; and Glenn Smith. No dates of birth are known

Dorothy Shirley Collett [8R16] was born at Jeparit, Western Victoria on 24^th April 1929, another daughter of Jim and Bessie Collett. She married (1) William John Redfern with whom she had four children. They were Gayle Jeanette Redfern who was born on10th September 1950, Lynette Joy Redfern who was born on 23^rd August 1953, John William Redfern who was born on 14^th February 1955, and Vicki Joanne Redfern who was born on 2^nd March 1958. Dorothy later married (2) Raymond Stanley Pitt on 8^th July 1967 in Melbourne. Raymond was born in 1918 at Gawler in South Australia and died on 21^st May 1988 at Kwinana in Western Australia and was cremated at Fremantle six days later. It was Dorothy Shirley Pitt who kindly provided the information about her family, which she obtained from her father Jim Collett

Victor Henry Collett [8R17] was born at Stawell midway between Jeparit and Melbourne in Victoria on 14^th December 1933, the youngest of the four children of James Percy Collett (Jim) and Bessie Melvia Carlyon. He was an instrument maker and married Eva Newman of Footscray, Victoria, but the marriage produced no children and they were later divorced

Albert Henry Collett [8R18] was born on 9^th November 1925 at Pakenham in Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, and was the eldest child of Charles William Henry Collett and Myrtle Dellar. His entry in the Service Records of the National Archives of Australia (www.naa.gov.au) confirmed that: he was born at Pakenham; he enlisted at Melbourne; his service number was 158034; and his next-of-kin was his mother Myrtle McDonald who had remarried after being made a widow in 1940. Albert Henry Collett was 31 years of age when he married Rhonda May Arnold at the Melbourne inner suburb of Moonee Ponds on 23^rd March 1957. Rhonda was born at Davenport in Tasmania on 31^st July 1831 and after twenty-two years of being married Albert and Rhonda were divorced on 26^th April 1979

Gloria Mary Collett [8R19] was born at Maryborough in Victoria on 13^th September 1927, the eldest daughter of Charles and Myrtle Collett. She had a brief relationship with Cyril Martin with whom she had a daughter Susan Martin who was born on 27^th February 1947. Cyril was from Adelaide and was a member of the armed forces, but more importantly, he was already a married man. It was not long after giving birth to her daughter that Gloria married Stanley Campbell Martin, with whom she had a further three children. They were Cheryl Martin who was born on 20^th January 1949, Diane Christine Martin who was born on 26^th September 1952, and Steven Charles Martin who was born on 31^st August 1955

It was Gloria’s married daughter Cheryl, Cheryl Weatherley nee Martin, who kindly provided the new information about the children of Gloria Mary Collett. Cheryl’s own Australia based family comprises her husband Patrick Martin Weatherly who was born on 18^th September 1947, and their two sons, Daniel Grant Weatherley who was born on 29^th October 1969, and James Patrick Weatherley who was born on 19^th November 1971

Leslie Collett [8R20] was born at Maryborough in Victoria during 1929, and was another son of Charles and Myrtle Collett

Harold Collett [8R21] was born in 1931 at Maryborough, Victoria, the fourth child of Charles and Myrtle Collett

Ronald James Collett [8R22] was born at Maryborough, Victoria on 19^th September 1932 and was another child of Charles and Myrtle Collett. He was not quite twenty years old when he died at Herberton, south-west of Cairns in Queensland, on 10^th March 1952

Aileen Emily Collett [8R23] was born at Melbourne on 19^th January 1935 and was another daughter of Charles William Henry Collett and Myrtle Dellar. Aileen Emily Collett later married Basil John Page who was five years older than his bridge, having been born on 1^st August 1929 at Nyngan in New South Wales. The marriage produced two daughters for the couple, and they were Susan Gail Page who was born on 19^th March 1956, and Karren Joy Page who was born on 10^th April 1958 at Dubbo in New South Wales

Valerie Joyce Collett [8R24] was born at Melbourne on 24^th December 1936, the youngest child of Charles Collett and Myrtle Dellar. Valerie was not yet four years old when her father died in March 1940, following which her mother remarried to become Myrtle McDonald. Sadly, Valerie was only twenty-one when she died from asthma at Nyngan in New South Wales on 12^th July 1958

Yvonne Eleanor Collett [8R25] was born on 31^st May 1919 at Camperdown, Victoria, and was the first of the two children born to Archibald Victor James Collett and his younger wife Muriel Adeline Harriss. Yvonne later married William George Walker and over the following years she presented William with two daughters. They were Lorraine Yvonne Walker whose date of birth is not currently known, and Carolyn Annette Walker who was born on 16^th November 1945. William Walker was born on 16^th December 1913 and he died on 16^th June 1994. Yvonne Eleanor Walker nee Collett had died three years earlier, when she passed away on 20^th May 1991 just eleven days prior to her 72^nd birthday

Keith Emanuel Collett [8R26] was born at Camperdown in Victoria on 23^rd December 1922, the younger of the two children of Archibald and Muriel Collett. He played an active part in the Second World War but his military record gave his year of birth as 1921. His entry in the Service Records of the National Archives of Australia (www.naa.gov.au) confirmed that: he was born at Camperdown; he enlisted at Albert Park in Victoria; his service number was VX/86480; and his father and next-of-kin was Archibald Collett. After the Second World War, Keith married Rita McKendrick on 3^rd April 1948 at Essendon, a northern suburb of Melbourne, and the marriage produced two children, both of whom were born at Elsternwick in Victoria. Rita was born at Frankston, to the south of Elsternwick on 1^st May 1926 and was a widow for the last thirty years of her life after Keith Emanuel Collett died on 2^nd October 1966 at Surrey Hills, east of Melbourne and was cremated at nearby Springvale on 4^th October 1966. Rita Collett nee McKendrick was 70 years old when she died on 20^th October 1996 at Ashburton in Victoria

8S18 - Robin Collett was born in 1949 at Elsternwick, Victoria

8S19 - Barry Thomas Collett was born in 1950 at Elsternwick, Victoria

Lois Belle Irene Collett [8R27] was born at Malvern in Melbourne on 7^th May 1925 and was the eldest of the three children of Percival Harold Collett (Percy) and Ruby Irene Theresa Andrews. She married Jack Sydney Green on 4^th December 1948 at Glen Huntly a suburb of Melbourne, with Jack having been born on 19^th April 1924 who died on 18^th March 1989. The couple had two children, Robyn Stephanie Green who was born on 13^th June 1957, and Peta Leonie Green who was born on 19^th July 1961 who was born at Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. Peta later married Warren Jones on 21^st November 1992, but the marriage only survived for less than three months when Warren died on 9^th February 1993. Peta Leonie Jones nee Green was still alive in 2016. Previously it was written here that Lois and Jack Green had given birth to another daughter at Rabaul PNG by the name of Gail, but that may now be incorrect

BETTY ANN COLLETT [8R28] was born at Ormond in Melbourne on 30^th October 1929, the second child of Percy and Ruby Collett. She was a milliner and a dressmaker and she married Percival Ross Preston on 26^th March 1949 at Elsternwick in Melbourne. Ross, as he was more commonly known, was a geological cartographer and was born on 17^th March 1927 in Victoria. As well as being a milliner/dressmaker in her early life, Betty eventually became a well-respected artist in Tasmania. Betty Ann Preston nee Collett died in Tasmania on 14^th August 2006, and it was in Tasmania where her three youngest children were born, and where her eldest daughter eventually settled and developed a tour business. The three younger children of Betty and Ross were Adrienne Lea Preston who was born on 6^th September 1952, Grant Andrew Preston who was born on 17^th April 1954, and Lynne Michelle Preston who was born on 13^th September 1960

The eldest child of Betty and Ross was Ann Roslyn Preston who was born at Glen Huntly in Melbourne on 2^nd August 1949. She was a secretary and married (1) Paul R W Read on 1^st August 1970 at Hobart, but was later divorced. She then married (2) Kong Wing Loh on 17^th July 1980 at Brunei in Darussalam. Kong Wing was born on 27^th January 1952 at Singapore and he was a martial arts instructor. During the 1980s Ann gave birth to three children, whose details were removed at their request in 2020. At the start of the 21^st Century Ann, her husband, and their three children, were living at Bacchus Marsh in Victoria, 30 miles north-west of Melbourne. The couple’s first two children, twin daughters, were born when the family was living in Melbourne, while their son was born at Essendon, a suburb of Melbourne

The following information was kindly supplied by Ann in 2016. This confirmed that she was a publicity and personal assistant working in television, initially with Radio Television in Hong Kong after moving to Hong Kong in 1971 with her first husband, who was a journalist for over three years. The couple then moved to Brunei Darussalam, where they lived for six years. While there, Ann worked for RTB (Radio Television Brunei) from their inception in 1975 until 1980, when she returned to Australia. It was in Brunei Darussalam that she was divorced from her first husband and where she married Kong Wing Loh from Singapore, a world champion karate exponent and private karate instructor to His Royal Highness the Sultan of Brunei. Ann was divorced for a second time in 2003, following which she moved to Tasmania in 2007 where she lived until 2011. For the next five years Ann lived in Morocco

Just like Don Collett (Ref. 8R30), his cousin Ann was also a good friend over many years and was always willing to help and assist with missing details whenever she could. In 2009, whilst residing in Hobart, she set up a new adventure and travel company called ‘Wanderings’. That has enabled her to travel extensively across the world, seeking out holidays that are a little bit different from the norm. Anyone wishing to ‘experience something different’ should therefore contact Ann on wanderings@live.com or go to her website www.wanderings.com.au. Details of her adventures can be found on her blog http://sandundermyshoes49.blogspot.com.au/

Lesley Marion Collett [8R29] was born at Bendigo in Victoria, ninety miles north-west of Melbourne, on 8^th March 1939. She was the youngest of the three children of Percy Harold Collett and Ruby Irene Theresa Andrews. Lesley later married Raymond Neil Baird at Elsternwick, in south-east Melbourne on 8^th November 1958 when she was 19 and Ray was 24, having been born in South Melbourne on 16^th February 1934. They had two children, the first of them being Diane Christine Baird who was born in 1961, followed by Stephen Leslie Baird who was born in 1964, both born at Ferntree Gully in Victoria, on the eastern-most outskirts of Melbourne

DONALD BARRY COLLETT [8R30] was born on 30^th August 1928 at Manangatang in North-West Victoria close to the state boundary with New South Wales. He was the first-born son of Edwin Arthur Collett and Henrietta Mary Corey. He was a civil engineer and he married nurse Judith Elizabeth Leschen on 3^rd May 1952 at Attadale in Western Australia. Judith was born at Perth on 15^th May 1930, the daughter of Wilhelm Erwin Leschen and Patricia Ethel McClemans. Don and Judith were divorced in 1977 and, at the turn of the century, Don was still living at 81 Stoneham Road in Attadale, six miles south-west of Perth. It was during 2009, when Don moved to a retirement village in Booragoon in Western Australia where he was enjoying a new lease of life free from the worries and toils of having to maintain a home and garden. Sadly, he passed away on 16^th July 2014 at the age of 86.

Editor’s Note: I shall forever be grateful to Don who proved to be a good friend over many years and was more than willing to provide a great deal of assistance in assembling so many details about our relatives living ‘down under’

8S20 – JARED CAMPELL COLLETT was born in 1968 at Perth, Western Australia

Laurie Richard Collett [8R31] was born at Manangatang on 26^th June 1931, the youngest of the two sons of Edwin and Henrietta Collett. His occupations were those of a farmer and a social worker. It was on 8^th March 1952, in Perth, that Laurie married Rosemarie Elaine Gibbs, who was known as Barney within the family. In addition to their own two children and, fifteen years after the birth of their second child, Laurie and Barney fostered two children who came to the family when there were both two years old. From that time forward both children were accepted as their own and were referred to as Tracey and Lesley Collett. Barney, who was a stenographer, was born on 12^th February 1932 at Bunbury in Western Australia, the daughter of Barnett Beverage Samuel Gibbs and his wife Emmaline Ethel Turner. Rosemarie Elaine Gibbs died at Perth on 15^th June 1979, following which she was cremated at Karrakatta Cemetery in Western Australia

8S21 – Stephen Edwin Collett was born in 1953 at Kellerberrin, Western Australia

8S22 – Julie Ann Collett was born in 1955 at Kellerberrin, Western Australia

8S23 – Tracey Lee Collett born Jarvis in 1968 at

8S24 – Lesley Odette Collett born Cooper in 1969 at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

June Rose Collett [8R32] was born at East Malvern in Victoria on 21^st July 1924, the eldest of the two children of Leslie St Clair Collett and Emma Rose Brundrett. On leaving school, June’s occupation was that of dressmaker and she later married Leslie James Wilson on 22^nd January 1949 at Glen Huntly in Melbourne, Victoria. Leslie was born at Oakleigh in Melbourne on 3^rd May 1925 and he was a coach driver and a taxi driver. Once married, the couple made their home at East Bentleigh, another suburb of Melbourne, where their two children were born. They were Rhonda June Wilson who was born on 11^th November 1950, and John Leslie Wilson who was born on 19^th June 1955. June and Leslie were still residing in East Bentleigh where Leslie died on 19^th September 2003 and was buried four days later at the nearby Springvale Botanical Cemetery in Melbourne

After ten years as a widow, and with failing health, June left East Bentleigh when she moved into the Vasey RSL Care Home on Hawthorn Road in the Brighton East district of Melbourne. It was there also that June Rose Wilson nee Collett passed away on 13^th February 2014, following which she was buried with her late husband at the cemetery in Springvale. Melissa Wilson, her granddaughter, was very close to her grandmother and has fond memories of June, whom she visited every Sunday without fail. And it is Melissa that we must thank for kindly providing new details relating to this branch of the family n 2018

June and Leslie’s first child, Rhonda, had been married to Anthony (Tony) Bone for forty-three years by 2018 and, following their wedding day in 1974, they were blessed with the birth of two sons, Michael Bone who was born on 29^th January 1976, and Matthew Bone who was born on 2^nd March 1978. Michael later married Amy and they have four daughters, while Matthew married Colleen, who already had two children and in 2018 they had just welcomed their first grandchild into the family. The second child of June and Leslie is John Wilson who, with his partner of thirty-two years, Bernadette Hewitt, are the parents of Melissa Wilson who was born on 19^th September 1997. Melissa has a vague memory of her grandmother’s brother Ron (below) who, she believed suffered with dementia

Ronald Leslie Collett [8R33] was born at Malvern East in Melbourne on 8^th August 1929, the son of Leslie and Emma Collett. Ronald was a bricklayer by trade and he married Margaret Richie on 31^st January 1953 at Glen Huntly in Melbourne, Victoria. The couple’s first child was born in the Melbourne south-eastern suburb of Caulfield, prior to the family settling nearer to the centre of Melbourne in the Prahran district on the city

8S25 – Leanne Margaret Collett was born in 1955 at Caulfield, Melbourne

8S26 – Peter Raymond Collett was born in 1960 at Prahran, Melbourne

8S27 – Jeanette Susan Collett was born in 1962 at Prahran, Melbourne

David Clive Collett [8R34] was born at Malvern East in Melbourne on 25^th May 1930 and was the first of three children born to Reginald Collett and Rubi May Clark. David’s occupation was that of bricklayer and carpenter and he married salesperson Winifred Vernon on 28^th April 1956 at Chelsea in Victoria, twenty miles south of Melbourne. Winifred had been born on 15^th January 1935 at Ringwood in Victoria, sixteen miles due east of Melbourne. The couple’s first child was born at Chelsea, the second at Dandenong, with the last three children born after the family had moved further east to Ferntree Gully. The details of the five children have been removed at their request, so all we have is the unnamed children as a son born at Chelsea in 1957, another son born at Dandenong in 1958, followed by two daughters born at Ferntree Gully in 1962 and 1967, with a twin son also born there that same year. David died during, or prior to 2022, which was when his children requested the removal of the details of “the children of the late David Clive Collett”

Margaret Aileen Collett [8R35] was born at Manangatan in Victoria on 20^th January 1932, the daughter and second child of Reginald and Rubi Collett. Margaret later married (1) Kenneth William Joseph Quirk on 18^th April 1953 at St Kilda in Victoria, an inner seaside suburb of Melbourne. The marriage produced four sons for the couple, and they were Kevin Michael Quirk who was born in 1954, Gary Stephen Quirk who was born on 30^th May 1955, Mark Anthony Quirk who was born on 28^th August 1957, and Shane Peter Quirk who was born on 1^st March 1962. The marriage ended with their divorce in 1967 and five years later Margaret Quirk nee Collett married (2) Keith Wallace Scott on 15^th December 1972 in Melbourne. That second marriage provided Margaret with a fifth child who was born at Chelsea in Melbourne on 31^st May 1976, about whom no other details are known

Peter Thomas Collett [8R36] was born at Bacchus Marsh in Victoria on 7^th September 1938 and was the third and last child of Reginald Collett and Rub May Clark. He married Beryl Kane on 11^th November 1964, but died on 11^th August 1988 at Tongala in Victoria, 123 miles due north of Melbourne. Before that tragic event, Beryl gave birth to a daughter and a son

8S28 – Lisa Collett was born on 10^th October 1967 in Victoria

8S29 – David Collett was born on 24^th March 1969 in Victoria

David Collett [8R37] was born on 27^th April 1935 and was the older of the two children of Thomas George Collett and Roma Grace Boyle. At some time in his life David took up the occupation of a carpenter, and it was on 7^th March 1959 at Sunbury in Victoria, twenty-four miles north-west of Melbourne, that David married Jean Rook who was born on 19^th June 1938

8S30 - Tracey Jean Collett was born in 1964 in Victoria

Heather Margaret Collett [8R38] was the daughter of Thomas and Roma Collett who was born in Victoria during 1943. It was during the mid-1960s when Heather married Antonio (Tony) Constantio who was also born in 1943. The couple lived at Wangaratta, nearly 150 miles north-east of Melbourne, where their two children were born and where Tony died on 19^th September 1995. The children were Conchetta Maree Constantio who was born on 7^th March 1968, and Vincent Constantio, whose date of birth is not known

John William Collett [8R39] was born in Victoria on 26^th April 1929 just over fifteen weeks after his parents Clifford Henry Collett and May Easton Stray were married on 9^th January 1929. His father was a member of the Royal Australian Artillery assigned to the Far East campaign, where he may have been made a prisoner-of-war and forced to work on construction of the Burma Railway, where he died in 1943. The tragic news of his death was received by his mother when she and her three sons were residing at Sunbury in Victoria and just south of Gisborne, where John’s married brother Clifford was living in 1963

Clifford Edwin Collett [8R40] was born on 6^th August 1931 at Clarkefield, Victoria, and was the second of the three sons of Clifford Henry Collett and May Eaton Stray. Clarkefield is only a few miles from Sunbury where the family was living in 1943, and Gisborne where Clifford’s second child was born. Clifford Edwin Collett was around 23 years of age when he married Paula Dorothy Hillman at Malta on 22^nd September 1954. It is not clear whether it was on the island of Malta, or Malta in Queensland. Paula was born on 29^th April 1937 at Coulsdon in Surrey, England, and it may have been Clifford’s occupation that was the reason why the couple’s three children were all born at different locations. The first was born at Taipang in Malaya, the next at Gisborne in Victoria – north-west of Melbourne, and the last at Sale in Victoria, over 130 miles to the east of Melbourne

8S31 – Patricia May Collett was born in 1960 at Taipang, Malaysia

8S32 – Clifford Eric Collett was born in 1963 at Gisborne, Victoria

8S33 – Leanne Collett was born in 1966 at Sale, Victoria

Peter Henry Collett [8R41] was born in Victoria on 25^th February 1934, possibly at Clarkefield, the youngest of the three sons of Clifford and May Collett. Peter was only nine years old and living at Sunbury near Clarkefield in Victoria, north-west of Melbourne, when the family received the news that their father had died while serving with the military in Burma. Fourteen years later, at the age of 23, Peter Henry Collett married Margaret Smith on 30^th November 1957, who had been born on 28^th January 1935

8S34 – Peter William Collett was born in 1959

8S35 – Maree Collett was born in 1963

Celeste Marie Collette [8S1] was born in the Melbourne suburb of Prahran in Victoria on 25^th March 1949, the first of the five children of John William Henry Collett and Patricia Scanlon. She was 21 years of age when she married Leslie James O’Neill on 5^th September 1970, who was eight months younger having been born on 3^rd December 1949. The marriage produced three children, Ashley James O’Neill who was born on 20^th June 1972, Ann Patricia O’Neill who was born on 12^th October 1977, and Jonathon Gregory O’Neill who was born on 12^th December 1979. The latter two children were born at the Jessie MacPherson Hospital in Melbourne. A few years later Celeste and Leslie were divorced, with Celeste then marrying (2) Neville Andrews on 4^th April 1986. Neville, who was born on 15^th May 1940, was an electrician and religious minister, and that second marriage for Celeste produced two further children. They were Luke Daniel Andrews who was born on 28^th May 1987 at the Jessie MacPherson Hospital, and Esther Elise Andrews who was born on 24^th October 1988 at St Andrew’s Hospital in East Melbourne

Margaret Mary Collette [8S2] was born at Caulfield on 29^th January 1951, the second child of John and Patricia Collett. It was on 28^th October 1972 when she was 21 that she married William (Bill) Buckley who was born on 24^th June 1951 at Brighton Hospital. The wedding ceremony took place at St Patrick’s Church in Murrumbeena, a suburb of Melbourne between Glen Huntly and Oakleigh, but the couple were divorced after twenty years together in 1992. Their three children were Steven John Buckley who was born on 17^th February 1975, Leigh William Buckley who was born on 3^rd July 1978, and Robin David Buckley who was born on 14^th October 1982. The two later children were born at the Peninsula Hospital in Frankston, Victoria

Gregory John Collette [8S3] was born at the Devon Hospital in Glen Huntly on 13^th August 1952, just a short distance from where his parents, John William Henry Collett and Patricia Scanlon, were residing in Caulfield with their first two children. In his later life Greory was the Director of Greenway Publications and Managing Director of Wordware Property Ltd. On 16^th February 1974 at the Naval Chapel in Watsons Bay, New South Wales, Gregory married Julienne Eve McGregor who was born on 26^th June 1952 at Swan Hill in Victoria. Julienne was Director of Nursing at the Mercy Hospital for Women within the Melbourne north-eastern suburb of Heidelberg. The couple’s first child was born in Sydney, while the other two were born at Wodonga in the north-eastern area of Victoria which lies on the state boundary with New South Wales

8T1 – Mark Richard Collette was born in 1977 at Sydney, New South Wales

8T2 – Liam John Collette was born in 1978 at Wodonga, Victoria

8T3 – Katherine Elizabeth Collette was born in 1981 at Wodonga, Victoria

Genevieve Teresa Collette [8S4] was born at Oakleigh in Melbourne, Victoria on 12^th November 1954, another daughter of John and Patricia Collett. She was married twice in her life, the first time to (1) Daniel Anthony Burke on 12^th March 1975, who was born at Hobart on 29^th January 1950. Just over two years later, the couple was divorced, enabling Genevieve to marry again five years later. Genevieve Burke nee Collett married (2) Ian Bevan on 11^th April 1982 who was born on 1^st April 1946 at Woodend in Victoria. It was the second marriage for Genevieve which produced two children. They were Kim John Bevan who was born on 11^th October 1982, and Felicity Peta Bevan who was born on 19^th September 1985. They were both born at the South East District Hospital at Noble Park in Victoria, between Springvale and Dandenong in Melbourne. That second marriage for Genevieve lasted just over ten years, with the couple being divorced during July 1992

Leonie Elizabeth Collette [8S5] was born at Oakleigh, Melbourne, Victoria on 5^th October 1958, and was the fifth and last child of John William Henry Collett and his wife Patricia Scanlon. Leonie later married Richard Uden who was born at Masterton in New Zealand on 19^th August 1943, whose occupation was that of a clay potter. Leonie Elizabeth Uden nee Collett died on 5^th November 1994, aged just 36

Graylin Collett [8S6] was born at Maryborough on 8^th April 1957 and was the eldest of the three daughters of Albert Ernest Milburn Collett and Elizabeth Florence Jones. She was married on two occasions and the first time she (1) she became Graylin Byrne, and with that name she gave birth to four children. They were Melanie Byrne, Matthew Byrne, Sheridan Byrne, and Bradley Byrne. Graylin subsequently married (2) Jeff Tainish

Donna Maree Collett [8S7] was born at Maryborough on 18^th January 1960. She was the second child born to Albert and Elizabeth Collett. Donna Maree married Leo Knowles with whom she had two children Kirbie Lee Knowles and Kye Brendan Knowles

Tracey Nicole Collett [8S8] was the youngest daughter of Albert Ernest Milburn Collett and Elizabeth Florence Jones who was born at Maryborough on 17^th October 1967. All that is currently known about her, is that she married Chris Holborn

Julie Anne Collett [8S9] was born at the port city of Gelong in Victoria on the west side of Corio Bay, during 1964 and is the eldest of the five children of Thomas James Dean Collett and Barbara Estelle Pratt. She later married John Barnes, with whom Julie has three children, and they are Brenton Barnes, Jackson Barnes, and Gabrielle Barnes

Tracey Lee Collett [8S10] was born in Victoria in 1965, the second of the three daughters in a family of the five siblings of Thomas and Barbara Collett

Deidre Jane Collett [8S11] was born in 1967, the third of the five children of Thomas and Barbara Collett. Deidre later married Timothy Gooley with whom she has five children. They are Lisa Gooley, Tess Gooley, Lachlan Gooley, Abby Gooley and Matthew Gooley

Bradley James Dean Collett [8S12] was born in 1970 and it was his wife Carla who kindly provided the information to open-up this family line to include her husband and his four siblings, the five children of Thomas and Barbara Collett. Bradley and Carla have three children of their own, and only their names are listed below

8T4 – Kendal Collett

8T5 – Isabella Collett

8T6 – Lilian Collett

Michael Creighton Collett [8S13] was the last child born to Thomas James Dean Collett and his wife Barbara Estelle Pratt. Michael was born during 1972 and in 2020 he is the father of the three children named below

8T7 – Cooper Collett

8T8 – Georgie Collett

8T9 – Heidi Collett

Colleen Margaret Collett [8S14] was the eldest of the four children of James Leslie Collett and Yvonne Margaret Stringer. She was born on 5^th September 1953 and, after completing her education, her occupation was that of a hairdresser, although she was also known to be a singer. In 1973 she married (1) Paul Grace at Ballarat and that marriage produced two children, Jamie Paul Grace who was born on 28^th September 1973, and Lisa Jane Grace who was born on 1^st October 1975. Colleen later married (2) Mark O’Toole in Melbourne during 1988, with whom she had a daughter Penelope Rose O’Toole who was born at Dandenong on 20^th July 1989

Anthony James Collett [8S15] was the second child of James and Yvonne Collett and was born on 19^th September 1955 and he became an electrician. During September in 1975 he married (1) Maureen Williams in Ballarat, but later moved to Melbourne where at least two of their children were born. It was also at Melbourne in March 1988, that Anthony James Collett married (2) Dianne Loweth

8T10 – Anthony Francis Collett was born in 1976 at Ballarat, Victoria

8T11 – Mathew James Collett was born in 1978 at Melbourne, Victoria

8T12 – Benjamin Michael Collett was born in 1979 at Melbourne, Victoria

Krishna Monica Collett [8S16] was born on 11^th June 1957, another daughter of James and Yvonne Collett. Her occupation was that of a therapist and she married (1) Lindsay Brennan in 1997 at Ballarat in Victoria. The marriage produced two children, Leigh John Brennan who was born on 3^rd May 1981, who was an electrician and a sportsman, and Sally Jo Brennan who was born on 3^rd October 1983. They were both born when Lindsay and Krishna were residing in Melbourne. However, a few years later Krishna and Lindsay were divorced, allowing Krishna to marry (2) Steve Dutton

Michael Francis Collett [8S17] was born on 21^st June 1958 was the last child born to James Leslie Collett and his wife Yvonne Margaret Stringer. On leaving school he took up the work of a mechanic. It was during 1980 that he married (1) Christina Westaway, with the couple living at the port of Geelong in Victoria during the following year when their only child was born. Ten years after his first wedding day, Michael married (2) Maria Horvat in 1990, by which time they already had two children. That marriage produced two further children for Michael who, by then, had settled in Melbourne where the children were born. Sometime around the turn of the century Michael took up with a new partner, Anna Girgis, with whom he had another child, who was also born in Melbourne

8T13 – Paul Michael Collett was born in 1981 at Geelong, Victoria

The following are the two children of Michael Francis Collett and his second wife Maria Horvat:

8T14 – Andrew Stephen Collett was born in 1983 at Melbourne, Victoria

8T15 – Melissa Anne Collett was born in 1986 at Melbourne, Victoria

The following is the child of Michael Francis Collett and his third life partner Anna Girgis:

8T16 – Noah Joseph Collett was born in was born in 2002 at Melbourne, Victoria

Robin Collett [8S18] was born at Elsternwick in South Melbourne, Victoria on 14^th October 1949, the older of the two sons of Keith Emanuel Collett and Rita McKendrick

Barry Thomas Collett [8S19] was born in the Melbourne suburb of Elsternwick towards the end of 1950, the younger brother of Robin (above). Whilst it is stated here that both brothers were born at Elsternwick, another source suggests that Barry Thomas Collett was born at Windsor in Victoria on 24^th November 1950, the son of Keith and Rita Collett. He married Gillian Margaret Hyett on 10^th March 1973 at Moorabbin in Victoria, with Gillian having been born at Melbourne on 16^th October 1949. Both of their two children were born when the family was living at Frankston in Melbourne

8T17 – Narelle Jodie Collett was born on 1^st June 1976 at Frankston, Victoria

8T18 – Sarsha Collett was born on 1^st June 1978 at Frankston, Victoria

JARED CAMPBELL COLLETT [8S20] was born at Perth in Western Australia on 20^th August 1968, the only child of Donald Barry Collett and Judith Elizabeth Leschen. It was also in Western Australia, at Safety Bay, that he married (1) Alexa Louise Brocklehurst on 15^th February 1997. Alexa was born at Kwinana, 24 miles south of Perth on 14^th March 1972. Jard and Alexa were later divorced during 2000 and, after three years, Jard married (2) Elizabeth (Libby) Ann Black at Mount Dandenong on 13^th September 2003. Libby was born on 14^th January 1972 at Corinda in Queensland and was the daughter of Darryl Black and Judith Ann McMonagle. The two children arising from Jard’s second marriage were born in Queensland at South Brisbane and Brisbane, respectively

8T19 – Neo Xavier Collett was born on 26^th May 2005 at South Brisbane

8T20 – Felix Zachary Collett was born on 11^th December 2006 at Brisbane

Stephen Edwin Collett [8S21] was the first-born child of the two children of Laurie Richard Collett and Rosemarie Elaine Gibbs who later took in two foster-children. Stephen was born at Kellerberrin in Western Australia on 8^th October 1953, and his later occupation was that of a geologist. He married secretary (1) Norma Waters who had been born at Mount Lawley in Western Australia on 26^th April 1861, their wedding taking place at Mandurah in Western Australia on 20^th April 1980. The marriage produced a son for Stephen who was later granted a divorce from Norma. Stephen later partnered high school teacher (2) Mrs Kerry Lynne Michell. Kerry Garside, as she was formerly known, was born on 28^th August 1956. That second relationship for Stephen provided him with a daughter

8T21 – Kristoffer Collett was born on 6^th November 1980

The following is the child of Stephen Edwin Collett and his second life partner Kerry Lynne Michell:

8T22 – Emma Lisa Michell-Collett was born on 26^th April 1993

Julie Anne Collett [8S22] was born at Kellerberrin on 11^th August 1955, the daughter and second child of Laurie and Rosemarie (aka Barney) Collett. She was a nurse and hearing tutor and she married Robert Jean-Marie David de Bijl on 25^th October 1975 at Guildford in Western Australia. Robert was born on 5^th April 1951 at Brussels in Belgium and he was an electronics technician. The couple had four children born at Attadale, with a fifth born at Kalamunda. The children were Tanya Michelle de Bijl who was born on 21^st October 1977, Stephen John Robert de Bijl who was born on 19^th November 1978, Philip John de Bijl who was born on 12^th May 1980, Bridget Jean de Bijl who was born on 15^th December 1981, and Jodie Anne de Bijl who was born on 1^st May 1983. The marriage ended in 2001, when Julie Anne and Robert were divorced

Tracey Lee Jarvis [8S23], who was known as Tracey Collett, was the first of two foster-children raised by Laurie and Barney Collett from the age of two years. She was born on 18^th June 1968 and taken in by the Collett family on 4^th November 1970. She was married just after the turn of the century to David James Hunting who was born at Pinjarra in Western Australia on 12^th June 1969. On 13^th April 2006 at Subiaco in Western Australia, Tracey gave birth to a son Benjamin James Hunting

Lesley Odette Cooper [8S24], who was known as Lesley Collett, was the second foster-child of Laurie and Barney Collett. She was born at Kalgoorlie on 27^th March 1969 and taken into the Collett family on 9^th February 1971. On 20^th November 1993 at Mandurah, she married Dean Andrew Bunter who was born on 19^th March 1968 at Geraldton in Western Australia. Their daughter Olivia Michelle Bunter was born at South Perth on 10^th September 1995

Leanne Margaret Collett [8S25] was born at Caulfield in Melbourne, Victoria, on 13^th August 1955, the first child of Ronald Leslie Collett and Margaret Richie. She married Geoffrey Gilbert Cartwright on 1^st May 1976 at Bentleigh in Melbourne. Geoffrey, an electrician, was born on 27^th July 1951 at Hampton in Victoria and the couple had two children. Simon Geoffrey Cartwright was born on 2^nd October 1978, and Andrew Steven Cartwright was born on 12^th August 1981, both having been born at Sandringham in Melbourne

Peter Raymond Collett [8S26] was born at Prahran in Melbourne on 3^rd January 1960, the second child of Ronald and Margaret Collett. His occupation was that of carpenter and he married Sylvia Robyn Blythe on 13^th May 1995 at Queenscliff on the Bellarine Peninsula in South Victoria. Sylvia was born at Carlton in Melbourne on 7^th August 1961, and her occupation was that of a business manager. They settled in the inner suburb of Melbourne at St Kilda where their two children were born

8T23 – Hilary Grace Collett was born on 15^th June 1996 at St Kilda, Melbourne

8T24 – Oliver William Collett was born on 30^th March 1998 at St Kilda, Melbourne

Jeanette Susan Collett [8S27] was born at Prahran in Melbourne on 29^th September 1962, the last child of Ronald Leslie Collett and Margaret Richie. Her occupation was that of a salesperson and she married Mark Plumridge on 10^th November 1984 at Chadstone in Victoria. Mark’s occupation was that of a pay officer, and their marriage produced two children for him and his wife. Christopher Mark Plumridge was born on 31^st August 1987 at Moorabbin in Melbourne, and Bradley James Plumridge was born on 20^th February 1990 at Dandenong in Melbourne

Tracey Jean Collett [8S30] was the only child of David Collett and Jean Rook, who was born on 6^th August 1964. Tracey married Allan Neale Fleming at Sunbury in Victoria, north-west of Melbourne, on 6^th August 1994, her thirtieth birthday. Allan was born on 19^th July 1962 and the marriage produced two children, Michael Fleming who was born on 7^th August 1996, and Rebecca Fleming who was born on 3^rd April 12002, both born at Sunbury

Patricia May Collett [8S31], who was referred to as Tricia, was born at Taipang in Malaysia on 26^th May 1960, the first of the three children of Clifford Edwin Collett and Paula Dorothy Hillman. She married Brett Bowling on 24^th January 1986, with whom she had two children. They were James Wilson Bowling who was born at Dubbo in New South Wales on 5^th November 1988, and Jason Lee Bowling who was born in Melbourne on 19^th April 1990. Tricia and Brett were later divorced

Clifford Eric Collett [8S32] was born at Gisborne in Victoria on 8^th November 1963, the only son between the two daughters of Clifford and Paula Collett

Leanne Collett [8S33] was born at Sale in Victoria on 24^th June 1966, the youngest of the three children of Clifford Edwin Collett and Paula Dorothy Hillman. She married Kenneth Richard Fitzgibbon on 7^th June 1985, but from whom she was later divorced. Prior to that, the marriage had produced two children, and they were Katie Lee Fitzgibbon who was born on 21^st April 1988, and Joshua Douglas Fitzgibbon who was born on 10^th June 1993, both children being born in Melbourne

Peter William Collett [8S34] was born on 5^th July 1959 and was the son of Peter Henry Collett and Margaret Smith. Upon being married on 8^th February 1986 his wife was Lorna and she gave birth to a daughter and a son

8T25 – Miranda Collett was born on 10^th April 1987

8T26 – Ryan Collett was born after 1987, date and place not known

Maree Collett [8S35] was born on 17^th May 1963, the daughter of Peter Henry Collett and Margaret Smith. Maree was twenty-two years old when she married Gabriel Audesho on 5^th June 1985. Gabriel was ten years old than Maree, having been born on 1^st July 1953. The couple had two children, Adam Gabriel Audesho who was born on 14^th December 1987, and Jacob Aaron Audesho who was born on 4^th January 1992

Mark Richard Collette [8T1] was born on 18^th May 1977 at Sydney in New South Wales, the first of three children of Gregory John Collett and Julienne Eve McGregor. Mark later married Robyn Elizabeth MacFarland at Brisbane on 20^th November 2004

Liam John Collette [8T2] was born on 23^rd October 1978 at Wodonga in Victoria, 200 miles north-east of Melbourne. Liam was the second son of Gregory and Julienne Collett. No further details for him are currently

Katherine Elizabeth Collette [8T3] was the only daughter of Gregory and Julienne Collett and their youngest child, who was also born at Wodonga on 9^th February 1981

Anthony Francis Collett [8T10] was born at Melbourne on 3^rd October 1976 and was the eldest of the three sons of Anthony James Collett and Maureen Williams. His occupation was that of a health carer and, on 22^nd September 2001, Anthony married Claudia Gahn-Brooks. The marriage produced two children, both of whom were born at Redcliffe in Queensland

8U1 – Emmily Frances Collett was born in 2002 at Redcliffe, Queensland

8U2 – Lachlan James Collett was born on 12^th December 2003 at Redcliffe, Queensland

Mathew James Collett [8T11] was born at Melbourne on 20^th March 1978, the second son of Anthony and Maureen Collett. After leaving school, he followed in his father’s footsteps, taking up a career as an electrician

Benjamin Michael Collett [8T12] was born at Melbourne on 23^rd November 1979 and was the youngest of the three sons of Anthony James Collett and Maureen Williams. His later occupation was that of a carpenter

Paul Michael Collett [8T13] was the only child of Michael Francis Collett by his first wife Christina Westaway, and the only one of his four children to be born at Geelong, on 20^th June 1981. His parents separated shortly after he was born, and his father was later remarried

Andrew Stephen Collett [8T14] was born at Melbourne on 21^st August 1983, the first of two more children of Michael Francis Collett by Maria Horvat, to whom he was only married when Andrew was seven years old. Andrew Stephen Collett was in his late teenage years when he married Ashlea, just after the start of the new century, with their only known child born four months prior to Andrew’s twentieth birthday

8U3 – Blake James Collett was born on 27^th April 2003

Melissa Anne Collett [8T15] was born at Melbourne on 21^st August 1986, and was the second child and only daughter of Michael Collett and Maria Horvat, who were married in 1990

Noah Joseph Collett [8T16] was born in Melbourne on 7^th August 2002, after his father was twice divorce and settled down with partner Anna Girgis