PART EIGHT

The Australia Main Line - 1840 to 2000

Updated May 2022

	For a great many years now correspondence and information has been exchanged with cousins Don Collett (Ref. 8R30) and Ann Roslyn Preston (Ref. 8S20) 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 you to the late Don Collett and big thank you to Ann Preston 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. 1O64) 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.
	THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF THE AUSTRALIA LINE HAS HAD ALL FIVE LIVING MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY OF THE LATE DAVID CLIVE COLLETT (Ref. 8R34) REMOVED AT THE REQUEST OF ANGELA CUTTING RECEIVED ON 1^st MAY 2022, ANGELA BEING ONE OF THE FIVE SIBLINGS
8O1	HENRY COLLETT (Ref. 1O71) 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. Henry and Elizabeth emigrated to Australia when they sailed out of Plymouth on the 23^rd August 1860 aboard the ship Schah Jehan which arrived at Port Adelaide in South Australia on 2^nd December that same year. The 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 their daughter Elizabeth Collett who born and died during the sea voyage.
	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 in Maryborough in Victoria, before returning to South Australia after a couple of years. However, it was at Maryborough 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.
	8P1	Elizabeth Jane Collett			Born in 1860 at sea
	8P2	William Henry Collett			Born in 1861 at Adelaide
	8P3	Mary Jane Collett			Born in 1864 at Adelaide
	8P4	EMANUEL PETER JAMES COLLETT			Born in 1866 at Maryborough
	8P5	Edwin Arthur Collett			Born in 1869 at Queenstown
	8P6	Eleanor Harriett Sinai Collett			Born in 1876 in South Australia
8P1	Elizabeth Jane Collett was born at sea on 2^nd October 1860 on board 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 and Eliza was born at a point in the voyage when there was still two months to go before the ship reached its destination. It is likely that, like her mother, Eliza Jane was also not in the best of health during the weeks following her birth, in such difficult surroundings, since she did not survive. The record of her birth, together with that of her death at Woodville in South Australia on 22^nd December 1860, were both stated as having taken place at South Australia to where the ship was headed.
8P2	William Henry Collett was born at Portland Estate in Port Adelaide, South Australia, on 26^th December 1861 the son of Henry Collett and Elizabeth Roberts. When he was around four years old the family moved to Maryborough, while it was also at Portland Estate that he married Emily Jane Corey on 17^th July 1889. She 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 including Cheltenham and Carisbrook, but the majority were 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 Collett nee Corey died on 8^th September 1962 at Adelaide and was buried in Dudley Park on 11^th September 1962, at the age of 94.
	8Q1	Evelyn Frances Grace Collett			Born in 1890
	8Q2	Edgar Thomas Collett			Born in 1891
	8Q3	Henry Collett			Born in 1894
	8Q4	William Collett			Born in 1896
	8Q5	Albert Ernest Collett			Born in 1897
	8Q6	George Robert Collett			Born in 1900
	8Q7	James Percy Collett			Born in 1902
	8Q8	Charles William Henry Collett			Born in 1904
	8Q9	Emily Henrietta Collett			Born in 1907
	8Q10	Tennyson Harold Collett			Born in 1910
	8Q11	Eva Elizabeth Jane Collett			Born in 1913
8P3	Mary Jane Collett was born at Port Adelaide on 8^th June 1864 and not long after she was born the family settled in Maryborough. She married Henry Corey on 26^th December 1882 at the Bible Christian Church in Yatala, South Australia. Henry Corey, the brother of Emily Corey who married Mary Jane’s brother William Collett (above), was born on 25^th December 1860 at 17 Lillington Street in Westminster, London, the son 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.
	8Q12	Eva Elizabeth Jane Corey		Born on 18.11.1883; died 24.06.1937
	8Q13	Henry Clifford Corey		Born on 23.07.1885; died in 1958
	8Q14	Thomas Percival Corey		Born in 1887; died in 1960
	8Q15	Henrietta Mary Corey		Born in 1894
8P4	EMANUEL PETER JAMES COLLETT was born at Maryborough 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 Les, Archie, Edwin and Percy (standing) and Beatrice, Reg and Irene (sitting). Neil recalls his grandmother Hetty was living with his mother Irene Evans nee Collett when she died.
	8Q16	Archibald Victor James Collett			Born in 1892
	8Q17	PERCIVAL HAROLD COLLETT			Born in 1893
	8Q18	EDWIN ARTHUR COLLETT			Born in 1895
	8Q19	Beatrice Maude Collett			Born in 1897
	8Q20	Ida Matilda Collett			Born in 1899
	8Q21	Leslie St Clair Collett			Born in 1900
	8Q22	Irene Elizabeth Collett			Born in 1904
	8Q23	Reginald Collett			Born in 1907
8P5	Edwin Arthur Collett was born on 10^th September 1869 at Queenstown in South Australia and he later married Margaret Annie Archard on 8^th November 1900 at Ballarat in Victoria. She 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.
	8Q24	Arthur Edwin Collett			Born in 1902
	8Q25	Ida Elizabeth Collett			Born in 1903
	8Q26	Thomas George Collett			Born in 1905
	8Q27	Clifford Henry Collett			Born in 1906
	8Q28	Elsie May Collett			Born in 1907
	8Q29	Geoffrey Archard Collett			Born in 1909
8P6	Eleanor Harriett Sinai Collett was born on 29^th January 1876 at South Australia. 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 1892), Beatrice Elizabeth Cochrane (born 1894) and William Henry Cochrane (born 1895) were born at Cheltenham, with Ivy Lillian Cochrane (born 1898) at Brighton, Charles James Cochrane (born 1899) at Gembrook and Royden Alexander Cochrane (born 03.03.1909) at Malvern.
8Q1	Evelyn Frances Grace Collett was born at Carisbrook, Victoria on 23^rd January 1890. She married (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 the dates of birth of whom 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.
8Q2	Edgar Thomas Collett was born at Cheltenham in Victoria during 1891 and he died at Maryborough on 20^th October 1902 at Maryborough, where he was buried two days later at the age of only eleven years.
8Q3	Henry Collett was born at Carisbrook, Victoria on 6^th June 1894. At the outbreak of the Great War he enlisted as Private 1519 with the 24^th Battalion Australian Infantry of the Australian Imperial Force. Henry was involved in 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 William Henry and Emily Collett were notified of his death while they were living at The Post Office at Maryborough. His entry in the Service Records of the National Archives of Australia (www.naa.gov.au) confirms that: he was born at Maryborough (rather than Carisbrook); he enlisted at Mildura in Victoria; his service number was 1519; and his father and next-of-kin was William H Collett.
8Q4	William Collett was born at Maryborough 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 Victoria. 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. 8Q17) who was 3079, perhaps indicating that they had enlisted together.
	He 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 who was born in 1919, before William and Ethyl separated and William married (2) Phyllis Elizabeth Phillips, with whom he had a further two children. Phyllis was born on 9^th June 1905. Ethyl Collett nee Hughes died at Melbourne on 17^th December 1972 and was buried two days later at Traralgon in Victoria, while Phyllis died on 22^nd May 1989 at the Foster Hospital in Victoria and was buried three days later at Toora Lawn Cemetery.
	8R1	John William Henry Collett			Born in 1919
	8R2	Terry Collett			Date of birth unknown
	8R3	Gladys Collett			Date of birth unknown
8Q5	Albert Ernest Collett was born at Carisbrook in 1897. He married Lillian Jean Hutcherson and the married produced one son for the couple.
	8R4	Albert Ernest Milburn Collett			Born in 1928
8Q6	George Robert Collett was born at Maryborough on 13^th July 1900 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 passed away on 31^st August 1976. The new information about George and Hilda, and their previous unknown nine children, was generously provided by Carla Collett in 2018 and included in the new version of Part 8 in November 2020. Carla is the wife of Bradley James Dean Collett, the fourth of the five children of George and Hilda’s son Thomas James Collett.
	8R5	Sadie Collett			Born in 1923 at Maryborough
	8R6	Robert Henry Collett			Born in 1924; died in 1991
	8R7	Kevin William Collett			Born in 1926; died in 1962
	8R8	George Douglas Collett			Born in 1929; died in 1944
	8R9	Shirley Collett			Born in 1931
	8R10	Joy May Collett			Born in 1937
	8R11	Thomas James Collett			Born in 1938
	8R12	Leonard Maxwell Collett			Date of birth unknown
	8R13	John Francis Collett			Date of birth unknown
8Q7	James Percy Collett was born on 25^th October 1902 at Maryborough, where he married Bessie Melvia Carlyon on 4^th April 1924. During his life he was referred to as Jim Collett. Bessie was born on 14^th December 1902, also at Maryborough, and died at Caulfield 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 Cemetery, Victoria. This picture was taken sometime between 1952 and 1970 when he was working at the Melbourne City Mission.
	8R14	James Leslie Collett			Born in 1925
	8R15	Betty Jean Collett			Born in 1927
	8R16	Dorothy Shirley Collett			Born in 1929
	8R17	Victor Henry Collett			Born in 1933
	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, in order 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. 1O55) 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’ which was published and available worldwide from April 2013. A copy of the synopsis is available from Brian Collett via the website www.collettfamilyhistory.net
8Q8	Charles William Henry Collett was born at Maryborough on 4^th May.1904, the 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 whom he had seven children. Myrtle Dellar was born in Adelaide on 6^th December 1904. 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.
	This 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). Following his death in 1940 Dellar was married for a second time, from whence she was Dellar McDonald. 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.
	8R18	Albert Henry Collett			Born in 1925
	8R19	Gloria Mary Collett			Born in 1927
	8R20	Leslie Collett married Dorothy (Dot)			Born in 1929
	8R21	Harold Collett			Born in 1931
	8R22	Ronald James Collett			Born in 1932 at Maryborough
	8R23	Aileen Emily Collett			Born in 1935 at Melbourne
	8R24	Valerie Joyce Collett			Born in 1936 at Melbourne
8Q9	Emily Henrietta Collett was born at Maryborough on 11^th December 1907. 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 portrait on the right is Emily in 1916 and is an extract from a larger photograph of her grandfather Henry Collett, her mother and her four youngest siblings.
8Q10	Tennyson Harold Collett was born at Griffith Gully in Victoria on 29^th July 1910. He joined the army and saw active service during the Second World War. His army service number was 83900. He married (1) Dorothy Joyce Hunt on 30^th April 1960, Dorothy having been born in 1912, and he later married (2) Beryl. The portrait on the right is Tennyson in 1916 and is an extract from a larger photograph of his grandfather Henry Collett, his mother and his four youngest siblings.
8Q11	Eva Elizabeth Jane Collett was born at Maryborough on 22^nd January 1913 and she (1) married William Henry Borchers, with whom she had four children, 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.
	The photo above has been extracted from a large family photograph taken in 1916, the others being her grandfather Henry Collett, her mother Emily Collett nee Corey, and her four older siblings, James, Charles, Emily and Tennyson.
8Q15	Henrietta Mary Corey – see Ref. 8Q18
8Q16	Archibald Victor James Collett was born at Malvern in Victoria on 12^th May 1892. On 15^th November 1918 he married Muriel Adeline Harris who was born on 28^th August 1902, and the marriage produced two children for the couple. 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 on 27^th November 1965.
	8R25	Yvonne Eleanor Collett			Born in 1919
	8R26	Keith Emanuel Collett			Born in 1922
8Q17	PERCIVAL HAROLD COLLETT was born at Armadale in Victoria on 19^th August 1893. Like his older brother Archibald Collett (above) and his father Emanuel Collett, 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) confirms 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 on 12^th April 1924 at Caulfield in Victoria. 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			Born in 1925 at Malvern
	8R28	BETTY ANN COLLETT			Born in 1929 at Ormond
	8R29	Lesley Marion Collett			Born in 1939 at Bendigo
8Q18	EDWIN ARTHUR COLLETT was born on 9^th July 1895 at Carisbrook in Victoria. He married his step-cousin Henrietta Mary Corey (Ref. 8Q15) on 27^th August 1925 at St Andrews Church in Unley, South Australia. Like his brother Percival, he too 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) confirmed 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 and was the daughter of Henry Corey and his second wife Mary Thomas Miller Barnett. Henry’s first wife was Mary Jane Collett (Ref. 8P3) and, during his life, his nephew Edwin Collett, was a farmer and a railway worker. Edwin Arthur Collett died on 24^th December 1950 at Perth in Western Australia. His wife Henrietta 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.
	8R30	DONALD BARRY COLLETT			Born in 1928
	8R31	Laurie Richard Collett			Born in 1931
8Q19	Beatrice Maude Collett was born at Maryborough on 16^th March 1897. She was a clothing machinist and married William Waknell in 1937. She died on 2^nd April 1984 and was buried in Victoria. The couple had a daughter Faye Waknell who was born on 14^th February 1938.
8Q20	Ida Matilda Collett was born at Maryborough during July 1899, but tragically died when she was only seven months old on 5^th February 1900 and was buried at Maryborough.
8Q21	Leslie St Clair Collett was born at Armadale in Victoria on 29^th July 1900. 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			Born in 1924 at East Malvern
	8R33	Ronald Leslie Collett			Born in 1929 at East Malvern
8Q22	Irene Elizabeth Collett was born at Brighton in East Victoria on 19^th December 1904. Like her older sister Beatrice (above), she was also a clothing machinist. She married Harold James Evans on 1^st February 1930, he having been born during February 1902. Harold died on 25^th October 1967, following which he was cremated on 27^th October 1967 at Springvale Cemetery in Victoria. Their marriage produced one son for Irene and Harold, when Neil Evans was born on 5^th March 1932. 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.
8Q23	Reginald Collett was born at Sandringham in Victoria on 29^th August 1907. Like so many of the Colletts at that time, he too was a bricklayer. In 1929 he married Rubi May Clark who was born on 9^th September 1911. At the outbreak of war he enlisted and saw active service. His entry in the Service Records of the National Archives of Australia (www.naa.gov.au) confirms 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. Reginald Collett died in Victoria on 27^th July 1990 and was cremated at Springvale four days later, as was his wife eleven years earlier on 25^th March 1979.
	8R34	David Clive Collett			Born in 1930; died before 2022
	8R35	Margaret Aileen Collett			Born in 1932
	8R36	Peter Thomas Collett			Born in 1938
8Q24	Arthur Edwin Collett was born at Ballarat in East Victoria on 12^th June 1902. He married Elizabeth Grace Moyle on 12^th June 1937 and died twenty-two years later on 17^th February 1959.
8Q25	Ida Elizabeth Collett was born at Ballarat on 20^th March 1903. In 1928 she married Stanley Andrew de Campo, from whom she was divorced 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.
8Q26	Thomas George Collett was born at Ballarat in East Victoria on 5^th October 1905. 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) confirms that: he was born at Ballarat; he enlisted at Caulfield; his service number was VX/41731; and his wife and next-of-kin was Roma Collett. Thomas died on 6^th December 1981 and was buried at Wangaratta in Victoria.
	8R37	David Collett			Born in 1935
	8R38	Heather Margaret Collett			Born in 1943
8Q27	Clifford Henry Collett was born at Brighton in East Victoria on 14^th October 1906. He married May Eaton Stray on 9^th January 1929. At the outbreak of the Second World War he 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). He 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. May Eaton Collett nee Stay died on 1^st May 1992.
	8R39	John William Collett			Born on 26.04.1929
	8R40	Clifford Edwin Collett			Born in 1931
	8R41	Peter Henry Collett			Born in 1934
8Q28	Elsie May Collett was born at Brighton in East Victoria on 31^st October 1907. 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.
8Q29	Geoffrey Archard Collett was born at Bentleigh on 14^th January 1909. 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) confirms 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.
8R1	John William Henry Collett was born at Kew in Victoria on 11^th December 1919. 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) confirms 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. Perhaps he was engaged to be married to Ethel at the time he enrolled in the army, but that the event never took place.
	However, it was after the war that on 28^th June 1947 John married Patricia Scanlon at St Michael’s Catholic Church in Traralgon. Patricia was born at Footscray on 23^rd March 1922 and her occupation was described as a homemaker. It is of interest that John and Patricia decided to add ‘e’ to the end of the surname of all of their 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 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 on 8^th February 2005.
	8S1	Celeste Marie Collette			Born in 1949
	8S2	Margaret Mary Collette			Born in 1951
	8S3	Gregory John Collette			Born in 1952
	8S4	Genevieve Teresa Collette			Born in 1954
	8S5	Leonie Elizabeth Collette			Born in 1958
8R4	Albert Ernest Milburn Collett was born at Croydon in South Australia on 13^th October 1928. His occupation was that of a process worker and on 8^th November 1952 he married Elizabeth Florence Jones at Maryborough. Elizabeth was born at Maryborough on 9^th November 1931. It would appear that they lived all of their life at Maryborough, where their children were born and where Albert Ernest Milburn Collett died on 17^th September 1980.
	8S6	Graylin Collett			Born in 1957
	8S7	Donna Maree Collett			Born in 1960
	8S8	Tracey Nicole Collett			Born in 1967
8R11	Thomas James Collett was born in Victoria, Australia, in 1938 the seventh of the nine children of George Robert Collett and Hilda May Dean, both of whom passed away during the month of August in 1976. Thomas James Collett married Barbara Estelle Pratt in Geelong, Victoria, and they have five children.
	8S9	Julie Anne Collett			Born in 1964
	8S10	Tracey Lee Collett			Born in 1965
	8S11	Deidre Jane Collett			Born in 1967
	8S12	Bradley James Dean Collett			Born in 1970
	8S13	Michael Creighton Collett			Born in 1972
8R14	James Leslie Collett was born at Maryborough on 11^th April 1925. He was a plumber and married Yvonne Margaret Stringer on 25^th October 1952 at Ballarat in Victoria, where Yvonne was born on 23^rd October 1932. The marriage produced four children for James and Yvonne, all of whom were born at Ballarat.
	8S14	Colleen Margaret Collett			Born in 1953
	8S15	Anthony James Collett			Born in 1955
	8S16	Krishna Monica Collett			Born in 1957
	8S17	Michael Francis Collett			Born in 1958
8R15	Betty Jean Collett was born at Jeparit in Victoria on 4^th September 1927. She was a dressmaker and she married Alarec Wilfred Smith in 1950 at Ballarat. Alarec was a carpenter and the couple had five children Dianne Nita Smith, Pamela Jean Smith, Jennifer Dorothy Smith, Mark Lyton Smith, and Glenn Smith. No dates of birth are known.
8R16	Dorothy Shirley Collett was born at Jeparit on 24^th April 1929. She married (1) William John Redfern with whom she had four children. Gayle Jeanette Redfern was born on10th September 1950, Lynette Joy Redfern was born on 23^rd August 1953, John William Redfern was born 14^th February 1955, and Vicki Joanne Redfern 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 Pitt that kindly provided the information about her family, which she obtained from her father James Percy Collett.
8R17	Victor Henry Collett was born at Stawell in Victoria on 14^th December 1933. He was an instrument maker and married Eva Newman of Footscray, Victoria, but the marriage produced no children and they were later divorced.
8R18	Albert Henry Collett was born at Packenham in Victoria on 9^th November 1925, the eldest child of Charles Collett and Myrtle Dellar. His entry in the Service Records of the National Archives of Australia (www.naa.gov.au) confirms that: he was born at Packenham; he enlisted at Melbourne; his service number was 158034; and his next-of-kin was his mother Myrtle McDonald who had married after being made a widow in 1940. He eventually married Rhonda May Arnold at Moonee Ponds on 23^rd March 1957. Rhonda was born at Davenport in Tasmania on 31^st July 1831. After twenty years of being married Albert and Rhonda were divorced on 26^th April 1979.
8R19	Gloria Mary Collett was born at Maryborough in Victoria, Australia on 13^th September 1927, the eldest daughter of Charles Collett and Myrtle Dellar. 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 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, born on 29^th October 1969, and James Patrick Weatherley who was born on 19^th November 1971.
8R22	Ronald James Collett was born at Maryborough on 19^th September 1932. He was not quite twenty years old when he died at Herberton in Queensland on 10^th March 1952.
8R23	Aileen Emily Collett was born at Melbourne on 19^th January 1935. She married Basil John Page who was born on 1^st August 1929 at Nyngan in New South Wales. The marriage produced two daughters for the couple, they being 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.
8R24	Valerie Joyce Collett 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.
8R25	Yvonne Eleanor Collett was born on 31^st May 1919 and she married William George Walker. Over the following years Yvonne presented William with two children, Lorraine Yvonne Walker, and Carolyn Annette Walker who was born on 16^th November 1945. William Walker was born on 16^th December 1913, and 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.
8R26	Keith Emanuel Collett was born at Camperdown in Victoria on 23^rd December 1922. 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) confirms 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. He married Rita McKendrick on 3^rd April 1948 at Essendon in Victoria, and the marriage produced two children, both of whom were born at Elsternwick in Victoria. Rita was born at Frankston in Victoria on 1^st May 1926 and she died on 20^th October 1996 at Ashburton in Victoria. Keith Emanuel Collett died on 2^nd October 1966 at Surrey Hills in Victoria and was cremated at Springvale on 4^th October 1966.
	8S18	Robyn Collett	Born on 14.10.1949 at Elsternwick
	8S19	Barry Thomas Collett	Born in 1950 at Elsternwick
8R27	Lois Belle Irene Collett was born at Malvern in Victoria on 7^th May 1925. She married Jack Sydney Green on 4^th December 1948 at Glenhuntly in Victoria, 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 PNG. 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.
8R28	BETTY ANN COLLETT was born at Ormond in Victoria on 30^th October 1929. She was a milliner and a dressmaker and she married Percival Ross Preston on 26^th March 1949 at Elsternwick. 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 all born in Tasmania, and they are Adrienne Lea Preston (born on 6^th September 1952), Grant Andrew Preston (born on 17^th April 1954), and Lynne Michelle Preston (born on 13^th September 1960).
	8S20	ANN ROSLYN PRESTON	Born in 1949 at Glenhuntly
8R29	Lesley Marion Collett was born at Bendigo in Victoria on 8^th March 1939. She married Raymond Neil Baird at Elsternwick on 8^th November 1958. Raymond was born at South Melbourne on 16^th February 1934. They had two children, Diane Christine Baird who was born in 1961, and Stephen Leslie Baird who was born in 1964, both of them being born at Ferntree Gully in Victoria.
8R30	DONALD BARRY COLLETT was born at Manangatang in Victoria on 30^th August 1928, the 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 21^st Century Don was still living at 81 Stoneham Road in Attadale.
	During 2009 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’.
	8S21	JARD CAMPBELL COLLETT	Born in 1968
8R31	Laurie Richard Collett was born at Manangatang on 26^th June 1931. His occupations were those of a farmer and 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. Laurie and Barney fostered two children who came to the family when there were both two years old. From that time on 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.
	8S22	Stephen Edwin Collett					Born in 1953
	8S23	Julie Anne Collett					Born in 1955
	8S24	Tracey Lee Jarvis (fostered child)					Born in 1968
	8S25	Lesley Odette Cooper (fostered child)					Born in 1969
8R32	June Rose Collett 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 Glenhuntly in Victoria. Leslie was born at Oakleigh in Victoria 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, a 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, Victoria.
	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 have to thank for providing these new details relating to this branch of the family, kindly supplied in early 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 they have 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.
8R33	Ronald Leslie Collett was born at East Malvern on 8^th August 1929. He was a bricklayer and he married Margaret Richie on 31^st January 1953 at Glenhuntly, Victoria.
	8S26	Leanne Margaret Collett				Born in 1955 at South Caulfield
	8S27	Peter Raymond Collett				Born in 1960 at Prahran, Vic
	8S28	Jeanette Susan Collett				Born in 1962 at Prahran, Vic
8R34	David Clive Collett was born at East Malvern in Victoria on 25^th May 1930. His occupation was that of bricklayer and carpenter. He married salesperson Winifred Vernon on 28^th April 1956 at Chelsea in Victoria, Winifred having been born at Ringwood in Victoria on 15^th January 1935. Their first child was born at Chelsea, the second at Dandenong, and the remainder at Ferntree Gully.
	8S29	a Collett son – details removed				Born in 1957
	8S30	a Collett son – details removed				Born in 1958
	8S31	a Collett daughter – details removed				Born in 1962
	8S32	a Collett daughter – details removed				Born in 1967
	8S33	a Collett son – details removed				Born in 1967
8R35	Margaret Aileen Collett was born at Manangatan in Victoria on 20^th January 1932. She married (1) Kenneth William Joseph Quirk on 18^th April 1953 at St Kilda in Victoria, but they were divorced in 1967. That marriage produced four children 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. Five years after they were divorced, Margaret Quirk nee Collett married (2) Keith Wallace Scott on 15^th December 1972 at Melbourne, with whom she had a further child born at Chelsea in Victoria on 31^st May 1976.
8R36	Peter Thomas Collett was born at Bacchus Marsh in Victoria on 7^th September 1938. He married Beryl Kane on 11^th November 1964, but died on 11^th August 1988 at Tongala in Victoria.
	8S34	Lisa Collett				Born on 10.10.1967
	8S35	David Collett				Born on 24.03.1969
8R37	David Collett was born on 27^th April 1935 and later in his life his occupation was that of a carpenter. On 7^th March 1959 at Sunbury in Victoria he married Jean Rook who was born on 19^th June 1938.
	8S36	Tracey Jean Collett				Born in 1964
8R38	Heather Margaret Collett was born in Victoria during 1943 and she married Antonio (Tony) Constantio who was also born in 1943. The couple lived at Wangaratta 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.
8R40	Clifford Edwin Collett was born at Clarkefield in Victoria on 6^th August 1931. He married Paula Dorothy Hillman at Malta on 22^nd September 1954. Paula was born on 29^th April 1937 at Coulsdon in Surrey, England. It may have been Clifford’s work that meant the family moved around as the three children were all born at different locations. The first at Taipang in Malaya, the next at Gisborne in Victoria, and the last at Sale in Victoria.
	8S37	Patricia May Collett	Born on 26.05.1960 at Taipang, Malaya
	8S38	Clifford Eric Collett	Born on 08.11.1963 at Gisborne, Vic.
	8S39	Leanne Collett	Born on 24.06.1966 at Sale, Victoria
8R41	Peter Henry Collett was born on 25^th February 1934 and on 30^th November 1957 he married Margaret Smith who was born on 28^th January 1935.
	8S40	Peter William Collett				Born in 1959
	8S41	Maree Collett				Born in 1963
8S1	Celeste Marie Collette was born at Prahran on 25^th March 1949, and on 5^th September 1970 she married Leslie James O’Neill who was 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 and Celeste married (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. Luke Daniel Andrews was born on 28^th May 1987 at the Jessie MacPherson Hospital, and Esther Elise Andrews was born on 24^th October 1988 at St Andrew’s Hospital in East Melbourne.
8S2	Margaret Mary Collette was born at Caulfield on 29^th January 1951. On 28^th October 1972 she married William (Bill) Buckley who was born on 24^th June 1951 at Brighton Hospital. The service took place at St Patrick’s Church in Murrumbeena in Victoria, but the couple were divorced after twenty years, in 1992. The couple’s 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 latter children were born at the Frankston Peninsula Hospital in Victoria.
8S3	Gregory John Collette was born at the Devon Hospital in Glenhuntly, Victoria on 13^th August 1952. In his later life he was the Director of Greenway Publications and Managing Director of Wordware Pty Ltd. On 16^th February 1974 at the Naval Chapel in Watsons Bay, New South Wales he 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. The couple’s first child was born in Sydney, while the other two were born at Wodonga in Victoria.
	8T1	Mark Richard Collette	Born in 1977 at Sydney
	8T2	Liam John Collette	Born on 23.10.1978 at Wodonga, Vic.
	8T3	Katherine Elizabeth Collette	Born on 09.02.1981 at Wodonga, Vic.
8S4	Genevieve Teresa Collette was born at Oakleigh on 12^th November 1954. She married (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 were divorced, enabling Genevieve to marry for a second time five years later. Genevieve Burke nee Collett married (2) Ian Bevan on 11^th April 1982. He was born on 1^st April 1946 at Woodend in Victoria and that second marriage for Genevieve produced two children. Kim John Bevan was born on 11^th October 1982, and Felicity Peta Bevan was born on 19^th September 1985, both of them having been born at the South East District Hospital at Noble Park in Victoria. That second marriage for Genevieve lasted just over ten years before being divorced again in July 1992.
8S5	Leonie Elizabeth Collette was born at Oakleigh on 5^th October 1958, and on 5^th November 1994 she married Richard Uden. Richard was born on 19^th August 1943 at Masterton in New Zealand and was a clay potter.
8S6	Graylin Collett was born at Maryborough on 8^th April 1957. She was first married (1) to become Graylin Byrne, and as that she had four children Melanie Byrne, Matthew Byrne, Sheridan Byrne, and Bradley Byrne, before she married (2) Jeff Tainish.
8S7	Donna Maree Collett was born at Maryborough on 18^th January 1960. She married Leo Knowles with whom she had two children Kirbie Lee Knowles and Kye Brendan Knowles.
8S8	Tracey Nicole Collett was born at Maryborough on 17^th October 1967 and she married Chris Holborn.
8S9	Julie Anne Collett was born in Gelong, Victoria, 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.
8S11	Deidre Jane Collett was born in 1967 and she married Timothy Gooley who have five children. They are Lisa Gooley, Tess Gooley, Lachlan Gooley, Abby Gooley and Matthew Gooley.
8S12	Bradley James Dean Collett 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 George Robert Collett and Hilda May Dean. Bradley and Carla have three children of their own, and they are as listed below.
	8T4	Kendal Collett				Date of birth not revealed
	8T5	Isabella Collett				Date of birth not revealed
	8T6	Lilian Collett				Date of birth not revealed
8S13	Michael Creighton Collett was the last child born to George and Hilda Collett. He was born in 1972 and is 2020, Michael is the father of the five children named below.
	8T7	Cooper Collett				Date of birth not revealed
	8T8	Georgie Collett				Date of birth not revealed
	8T9	Heidi Collett				Date of birth not revealed
8S14	Colleen Margaret Collett was born on 5^th September 1953 and 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.
8S15	Anthony James Collett 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 live in Melbourne where at least two of their children were born. It was also at Melbourne in March 1988 that Anthony married (2) Dianne Loweth.
	8T10	Anthony Francis Collett				Born in 1976
	8T11	Mathew James Collett				Born in 1978
	8T12	Benjamin Michael Collett				Born in 1979
8S16	Krishna Monica Collett was born on 11^th June 1957. 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. Both of the children were born while the family was living in Melbourne. However, a few years later Krishna and Lindsay were divorced, allowing Krishna to marry (2) Steve Dutton.
8S17	Michael Francis Collett was born on 21^st June 1958 and he took up the work of a mechanic. It was during 1980 that he married (1) Christina Westaway. The couple was living at Geelong in the following year, when their only child was born. Ten years after first marrying, Michael re-married (2) Maria Horvat in 1990. 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	Born on 20.06.1981 at Geelong, Vic.
	8T14	Andrew Stephen Collett	Born in 1983 at Melbourne
	8T15	Melissa Anne Collett	Born on 21.08.1986 at Melbourne
	8T16	Noah Joseph Collett	Born on 07.08.2002 at Melbourne
8S19	Barry Thomas Collett was born at Windsor in Victoria on 24^th November 1950. He married Gillian Margaret Hyett on 10^th March 1973 at Moorabbin in Victoria. Gillian was born at Melbourne on 16^th October 1949. Both of their two children were born while the family was living at Frankston.
	8T17	Narelle Jody Collett	Born on 01.06.1976 at Frankston, Vic.
	8T18	Sarsha Collett	Born on 01.06.1978 at Frankston, Vic.
8S20	ANN ROSLYN PRESTON was born at Glenhuntly 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. At the start of the 21^st Century Ann, her husband and their three children were living at Bacchus Marsh in Victoria. The couple’s first two children, twin daughters, were born when the family was living in Melbourne, while their son and third child was born at Essendon.
	The following update 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 five years since then Ann has been living in Morocco. During the 1980s Ann gave birth to three children, whose details were removed at their request in 2020.
	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 and following her divorce, Ann settled in Hobart on the island of Tasmania, where 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/
8S21	JARD CAMPBELL COLLETT was born at Perth, Western Australia, on 20^th August 1968. 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 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 both born in Queensland at South Brisbane and Brisbane respectively.
	8T19	Neo Xavier Collett	Born on 26.05.2005 at South Brisbane
	8T20	Felix Zachary Collett	Born on 11.12.2006 at Brisbane
8S22	Stephen Edwin Collett was born at Kellerberrin in Western Australia on 8^th October 1953, and his occupation was that of a geologist. He married secretary (1) Norma Waters who was born at Mount Lawley in Western Australia on 26^th April 1861, the 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 marriage for Stephen provided him with a daughter.
	8T21	Kristoffer Collett	Born on 06.11.1980
	8T22	Emma Lisa Michell-Collett	Born on 26.04.1993
8S23	Julie Anne Collett was born at Kellerberrin on 11^th August 1955. 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 married ended in 2001, when Julie Anne and Robert were divorced.
8S24	Tracey Lee Jarvis, who was known as Tracey Collett, was the fostered child of Laurie and Barney Collett. 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.
8S25	Lesley Odette Cooper, who was known as Lesley Collett, was the fostered 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.
8S26	Leanne Margaret Collett was born at South Caulfield in Victoria on 13^th August 1955. She married Geoffrey Gilbert Cartwright on 1^st May 1976 at Bentleigh in Victoria. 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 of them having been born at Sandringham in Victoria.
8S27	Peter Raymond Collett was born at Prahran on 3^rd January 1960. His occupation was that of carpenter and he married Sylvia Robyn Blythe on 13^th May 1995 at Queenscliff in Victoria. Sylvia was born at Carlton in Victoria on 7^th August 1961, and her occupation was that of a business manager.
	8T23	Hilary Grace Collett	Born on 15.06.1996 at St Kilda, Vic.
	8T24	Oliver William Collett	Born on 30.03.1998 at St Kilda, Vic.
8S28	Jeanette Susan Collett was born at Prahran on 29^th September 1962. Her occupation was that of a sales person and she married Mark Plumridge on 10^th November 1984 at Chadstone in Victoria. Mark’s occupation was that of a pay officer, and the marriage produced two children for him and his wife. Christopher Mark Plumrudge was born on 31sy August 1987 at Moorabbin, and Bradley James Plumridge was born on 20^th February 1990 at Dandenong.
8S36	Tracy Jean Collett was born on 6^th August 1964 and she married Allan Neale Fleming at Sunbury in Victoria 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 of them born at Sunbury.
8S37	Patricia May Collett, referred to as Tricia, was born at Taipang in Malaya on 26^th May 1960. She married Brett Bowling on 24^th January 1986 with whom she had two children James Wilson Bowling, who was born on 5^th November 1988 at Dubbo, and Jason Lee Bowling who was born on 19^th April 1990 at Melbourne. Tricia was later divorced from Brett.
8S39	Leanne Collett was born at Sale in Victoria on 24^th June 1966. She married Kenneth Richard Fitzgibbon on 7^th June 1985, but from whom she was later divorced. The marriage produced two children 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 at Melbourne.
8S40	Peter William Collett was born on 5^th July 1959, and he married Lorna on 8^th February 1986.
	8T32	Miranda Collett	Born on 10.04.1987
	8T33	Ryan Collett	Date of birth unknown
8S41	Maree Collett was born on 17^th May 1963 and on 5^th June 1985 she married Gabriel Audesho who was 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.
8T1	Mark Richard Collette was born at Sydney on 18^th May 1977 and he married Robyn Elizabeth MacFarland at Brisbane on 20^th November 2004.
8T10	Anthony Francis Collett was born at Melbourne on 3^rd October 1976. His occupation was that of a health carer and on 22^nd September 2001 he married Claudia Gahn-Brooks. The marriage produced two children, both of which were born at Redcliffe in Queensland
	8U1	Emmily Frances Collett	Born in 2002 at Redcliffe, Qld.
	8U2	Lachlan James Collett	Born on 20.12.2003 at Redcliffe, Qld.
8T11	Mathew James Collett was born at Melbourne on 20^th March 1978 and later in life he was an electrician like his father Anthony James Collett.
8T12	Benjamin Michael Collett was born at Melbourne on 23^rd November 1979 and he became a carpenter.
8T14	Andrew Stephen Collett was born at Melbourne on 21^st August 1983 and he married Ashlea just after the turn of the century.
	8U3	Blake James Collett	Born on 27.04.2003