PART TWENTY-NINE

The Turkdean to Australia Line

This is the only section of the twenty-ninth part of the Collett family

Updated June 2007

Unfortunately no direct link to any other of the Collett family lines has been established thus far

29L1	JOSEPH COLLETT was possibly born around 1765. He married Hannah Price on 16.11.1786 at Turkdean only a few miles from Bourton-on-the-Water. All of their children were baptised at Turkdean.
	29M1	Henry Collett	Baptised on 06.05.1788
	29M2	Hester Collett	Baptised on 06.07.1790
	29M3	Jane Collett	Baptised on 26.06.1796
	29M4	WILLIAM COLLETT	Baptised on 23.02.1800
29M1	Henry Collett was baptised at Turkdean on 06.05.1788. He married Elizabeth Ransford at Notgrove on 17.10.1814 where their first child was born. Their following children were born at Turkdean.
	29N1	Maria Collett	Baptised at 13.08.1815
	29N2	Sarah Collett	Born in 1817
	29N3	Priscilla Collett	Baptised on 26.03.1820
29M3	Jane Collett was baptised at Turkdean on 26.06.1796 and she married John Austin at Notgrove on 02.09.1819.
29M4	WILLIAM COLLETT was baptised at Turkdean on 23.02.1800 where he married Hannah Deane on 06.04.1833 and where both sons were born. Hannah was also born at Turkdean but it would appear that sometime after the birth of her two sons she and her husband left Turkdean to live in Cirencester where William Collett senior was a stone mason. The address may have been Prices Row as that was where their son William was recorded as living at the time of his marriage.
	29N4	Henry Collett	Baptised on 17.11.1833
	29N5	WILLIAM COLLETT	Born on 10.09.1837
29N1	Maria Collett was baptised at Notgrove on 13.08.1815 and she married Thomas Lawrence on at Turkdean on 02.11.1836.
29N2	Sarah Collett was born at Turkdean in 1817 where she married Caleb Merchant on 07.06.1837.
29N5	WILLIAM COLLETT was born at Turkdean on 10.09.1837. William was a sergeant with the 66^th Gloucestershire Foot Regiment and fought in the Crimea War between 1854 and 1856.
	He married Susan James on 15.05.1859 in Cirencester. At the time of their wedding William was listed as a labourer of Prices Row in Cirencester while Susan, who was born in 1830 and whose father William James was a farmer, was of Cricklade Street in Cirencester. The couple’s first two children were probably born at Cirencester.
	It was as a sergeant that he was placed in charge of a group of convicts being transported to Perth in Australia. For the sea journey to Australia, on board the ship Clara, William was accompanied by his wife and their two children. The Clara berthed at Freemantle in Western Australia on 12^th April 1864.
	Upon the ship’s arrival William and Susan must have decided to settle in Perth as all their remaining children were born there.
	Following the birth of the couple’s last child the family appear to have moved to Freemantle where, from 1875 to 1881, William was Prison Warder at the Freemantle gaol.
	He then joined the Pensioner Force of the police department as sergeant-in-charge of the station at Roeburne and was later the recipient of a grant of land in Newcastle Street in Perth.
	A few years later and upon his retirement from the police force from 1884 to 1889, William was working in the service of Government House as a clerk and tax collector back in Perth. Towards the end of his life he acquired further property in Perth at Palmerston Street.
	William died in Perth on 29.07.1906 followed two years later by his wife Susan who died in 1908.
	29O1	Francis William Collett	Born on 13.09.1860
	29O2	FREDERICK COLLETT	Born in 1863
	29O3	Thomas Alfred Collett	Born in 1865
	29O4	Alice Maria Collett	Born in 1867
	29O5	James Henry Collett	Born in 1872
29O1	Francis William Collett was born at Cirencester on 13.09.1860 and sailed to Australia in 1864 with his parents where he married Mary Cooper in 1888. During his life Francis was a pharmacist, a coroner, a justice of the peace and freemason.
	It seems likely that the couple lived in Perth where Francis died in 1921. To date it has not been determined whether the marriage produced any children.
29O2	FREDERICK COLLETT was born at Cirencester on 07.12.1863 and sailed to Australia in 1864 with his parents where he married Harriett Budd on 29.10.1882.
	Frederick was educated at the Perth Boys Church of England School and later became a cabinet maker, and later a building inspector.
	Frederick owned property in the suburbs of Perth and he died there on 01.03.1943.
	29P1	Frederick William George Collett		Born in 1884
	29P2	Ernest Budd Collett		Born in 1886
	29P3	Lionel Collett		Born in 1888
	29P4	Ethel Collett		Born in 1891
	29P5	Arthur Collett		Born in 1893
	29P6	HAROLD REGINALD COLLETT		Born on 26.09.1894
	29P7	Hilda Collett		Born in 1896
	29P8	Norman Collett		Born in 1898
29O3	Thomas Alfred Collett was born at Perth in 1865 following his parents’ arrival in Australia the previous year. During his life he worked as a pearler and as a farmer. It is not known whether he ever married but he died in Perth in 1955.
29O4	Alice Maria Collett was born at Perth in 1867 where she married Fred Parkes.
29P1	Frederick William George Collett was born at Perth on 23.07.1884 and he married Ethel Butcher who was born in 1883. Ethel died at the time of the birth of their first and only child in 1913.
	It was perhaps the trauma of losing his wife that caused Frederick to react badly when in the service of the army during the First World War. He was Private 7755 with F Company of 2^nd Battalion Australian Imperial Force and was subject to a court martial on 3^rd January 1916 and also a month later on 1^st February 1916.
	History repeated itself during the Second World War when again Private V/29393 Frederick William Collett of the Training Battalion of 1^st Australian Army Service Corp was court martialled on 11^th August 1944.
	Frederick never re-married and was a widower for the fifty years up to his death on 14.07.1963.
	29Q1	Arthur Frederick Collett	Born on 01.01.1913
29P2	Ernest Budd Collett was born at Perth in 1886. He married Kathleen Mary possibly at Perth where it is known their son Norman was born.
	In 1944 at the time of the death of their son in the Second World War Ernest and Kathleen were living at Burnside in South Australia. Sometime after they left Australia to live in South Africa where Ernest died n 1970.
	29Q2	Helen Collett – married Mr Gibbs	Date of birth unknown
	29Q3	Marcia Collett – married Mr Muir	Date of birth unknown
	29Q4	Norman Budd Collett	Born on 12.02.1914
	29Q5	Malcolm Ernest Collett	Born in 1922
29P3	Lionel Collett was born at Perth in 1888 and died in 1967.
29P4	Ethel Collett was born at Perth in 1891 and died in 1914.
29P6	HAROLD REGINALD COLLETT was born at Perth on 26.09.1894 and he married Hilda Muriel Tipping shortly after the First World War in which Harold 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 Perth; he enlisted at Perth; his service number was 855; and his father and next-of-kin was Fred Collett.
	Hilda died on 09.04.1949 and thirty years later was followed by Harold who died on 01.01.1980.
	29Q6	Douglas Harold Collett	Born on 25.06.1920
	29Q7	Clive Hepburn Collett	Born on 05.07.1923
	29Q8	GEORGE SELWYN COLLETT	Born on 16.08.1924
	29Q9	Ernest Lindsay Collett	Born on 21.04.1927
29P7	Hilda Collett was born in 1896 and died in 1978.
29P8	Norman Collett was born around 1898 and he married Ivy.
29Q1	Arthur Frederick Collett was born at Perth on 01.01.1913. He played an active role in the Second World War as confirmed by his military record although this has his date of birth as 06.01.1913.
	His entry in the Service Records of the National Archives of Australia (www.naa.gov.au) confirms that: he was born at Perth; he enlisted at Perth; his service number was 46950; and his wife and next-of-kin was June Collett.
	He married (1) June Nellie Howard around 1945 with whom he had two children but from whom he was later divorce. He later married (2) Mrs June (Junie) Mildred Blitz nee Markland in 1977.
	Arthur had many interests and was a champion sports car driver and was an advertising agent and was involved with vintage cars. He won his first race in 1949 in an MG TC and was still racing at the age of 75 years.
	His wife Junie was a talented craftsperson and together the couple built their own studio at Kalamunda. They were both clay potters, painters and gardeners, while Junie was skilled in embroidery and making porcelain dolls. Junie died in 1992.
	On 6^th March 1989 Arthur and Junie attended the Family Dinner at the Mansion House given by Sir Christopher Collett The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor of London and the father of Margaret Chadd.
	29R1	Harvey Peter Collett	Born on 28.09.1953
	29R2	Kate Harriet Collett	Born on 17.11.1958
29Q4	Norman Budd Collett was born at Perth on 12.02.1914 and he played an active part in the Second World War with the Royal Australian Air Force. He married before the war but no name has been discovered to date.
	His entry in the Service Records of the National Archives of Australia (www.naa.gov.au) confirms that: he was born at Perth on 12^th February 1914; he enlisted at Adelaide; his service number was 416091; and his next-of-kin was E Collett - this may have been his father Ernest, or his wife.
29Q5	Malcolm Ernest Collett was born at Perth 02.03.1922. Like his brother Norman Budd Collett he too took an active part in the Second World War. Judging by his military service number he enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force after his brother. His service number was 416414 and at the time he was killed on 22.05.1994 at the age of 22, he was a Flying Officer.
	His entry in the Service Records of the National Archives of Australia (www.naa.gov.au) confirms that: he was born at Perth on 2^nd March 1922; he enlisted at Adelaide; his service number was 416414; and his next-of-kin was Ernest Collett.
	The Commonwealth War Graves Commission recorded his death as follows: Flying Officer Malcolm Ernest Collett son of Ernest Budd Collett and Kathleen Mary Collett of Burnside in South Australia died on 22^nd May 1944 and was buried at Caserta War Cemetery.
29Q6	Douglas Harold Collett was born at Perth on 25.06.1920 and he played an active part in the Second World War.
	His entry in the Service Records of the National Archives of Australia (www.naa.gov.au) confirms that: he was born at South Perth; he enlisted at Adelaide; his service number was 27144; and his father and next-of-kin was Harold Collett.
	Douglas married Mary on 20.05.1950. Mary was born on 16.01.1929. There is some uncertainty about the Christian names of the first two children.
	29R3	Ian Dennis Collett	Born in 1953
	29R4	Wendy Ann Collett	Born on 03.09.1955
	29R5	John Scott Collett	Born on 17.01.1958
	29R6	Charles Collett	Born on 03.09.1963
29Q7	Clive Hepburn Collett was born at Perth on 05.07.1923 and he was involved with the armed forces during the Second World War.
	His entry in the Service Records of the National Archives of Australia (www.naa.gov.au) confirms that: he was born at Perth; he enlisted at Adelaide; his service number was 416654; and his wife and next-of-kin was Jean Collett.
	Towards the end of the war he married Jean Howie on 03.06.1944. Jean was born on 01.09.1922. Together with his brothers, Clive managed the Collett family vineyard at Douglas Gully Road in McLaren Flat in South Australia. This operated under the name Woodstock Winery & Coterie.
	In the mid 1990s Clive lived on Clipper Street in Victor Harber in South Australia.
	29R7	Robert John Collett	Born on 07.07.1946
	29R8	Peter James Collett	Born on 21.06.1947
	29R9	Bruce Phillip Collett	Born on 06.05.1950
	29R10	Susan Jean Collett	Born on 19.08.1952
	29R11	Sally Anne Collett	Born on 07.12.1958
29Q8	GEORGE SELWYN COLLETT was born on 16.08.1924 and was a merchant seaman. He married Margaret (Peg) Jean Andrew who was born on 10.11.1921. It is known that at sometime in their life the family lived in Adelaide. By the mid 1990s George was living on Old Coach Road in Urrbrae in South Australia.
	29R12	ANDREW CLIVE COLLETT	Born on 08.08.1950
	29R13	Diana Rosemary Collett	Born on 07.02.1955
29Q9	Ernest Lindsay Collett was born on 21.04.1927 and he married Iris Elaine Guthrie who was born on 24.02.1927.
	29R14	David John Collett	Born on 10.02.1949
	29R15	Jeffery Lindsay Collett	Born on 11.05.1950
	29R16	Barbara Anne Collett	Born on 27.11.1952
29R2	Kate Harriet Collett was born on 17.11.1958. She married David Hammett who was born in 1956 and with whom she had a daughter Collette Estelle Hammett born on 09.07.1986.
29R3	Ian Dennis Collett was born in 1953 and he married (1) Mary Beamish on 30.05.1980 with whom he had two children. He later married (2) Christina Margaret Chapman on 18.08.1991.
	29S1	David Collett	Born on 16.12.1980
	29S2	Alexi Collett	Born on 21.01.1983
29R4	Wendy Ann Collett was born on 03.09.1955 but died on 02.11.1982.
29R5	John Scott Collett was born on 17.01.1958. He married and had two daughters
	29S3	Mary Ann Collett	Date of birth unknown
	29S4	Sophia Anne Laura Collett	Born on 24.06.1995
29R6	Charles Collett was born on 03.09.1963 and he married Mary Warnest.
	29S5	Matilda Collett	Born on 15.05.1992
29R7	Robert John Collett was born on 07.07.1946 and died in 1995.
29R8	Peter James Collett was born on 21.06.1947 and he married Rosemary Rutter on 28.03.1969.
	29S6	Angela Jean Collett	Born on 19.10.1975
	29S7	Steven James Collett	Born on 15.04.1980
	29S8	Katherine Jane Collett	Born on 21.10.1981
29R9	Bruce Phillip Collett was born on 06.05.1950 and he married Susan Graeber on 07.04.1982.
	29S9	Thomas Giles Collett	Born on 16.08.1987
29R10	Susan Jean Collett was born on 19.08.1952 and she married Charles Alexander Nilsen on 18.05.1974. The couple had two children Kristopher Charles Magnus (born 16.04.1982) and Marina Stephanie (born 20.09.1984)
29R11	Sally Anne Collett was born on 07.12.1958 and she married John Rayner. The married produced one daughter for the couple, this being Phillipa Kate Rayner (born 27.04.1994).
29R12	ANDREW CLIVE COLLETT was born on 08.08.1950 and he married Megan Hender.
	29S10	HARRY HENDER COLLETT	Born on 19.10.1990
	29S11	Darcy George Hender Collett	Born on 15.07.1992
29R13	Diana Rosemary Collett was born on 07.02.1955 and she married Peter Tooth with whom she had two children Yvan Vithal (born 25.01.1980) and Christie Siobhan (born 22.08.1982).
29R14	David John Collett was born on 10.02.1949 and he married Judith Ann Fowler who was born on 18.02.1949.
	29S12	Claire Collett	Born on 14.06.1976
	29S13	Simon Collett	Born on 28.12.1978
	29S14	Louise Collett	Born on 05.07.1981
29R15	Jeffery Lindsay Collett was born on 11.05.1950 and he married Ruth Ann Hutchinson on 16.12.1972 who was born on 30.04.1952.
	29S15	Christopher Mark Collett	Born on 16.08.1977
	29S16	Nicholas Dean Collett	Born on 14.02.1979
	29S17	Gregory Jason Collett	Born on 24.01.1981
	29S18	Richard James Collett	Born on 29.11.1982
29R16	Barbara Anne Collett was born on 27.11.1952 and she married Larry Wayne Podmore on 03.01.1976. The marriage produced four children Naomi Dianne (born 08.09.1979), Philip Lindsay (born 14.05.1981), Anita Beth (born 02.03.1983) and Karina Ann (born 27.10.1984).