PART EIGHT

The Australia Main Line - 1840 to 2000

Updated April 2011

For many years now correspondence and information has been exchanged with cousins Don Collett (Ref. 8R21) and Ann Roslyn Preston (Ref. 8S15) who are descendants of the Gloucestershire Collett family now living in Australia.

This section is a personal thank you to them for the information they supplied and for their continued friendship over all of those years.

Don established his own website in 2002 (http://home.it.net.au/~dcollett/) which has since been replaced more recently by http://members.westnet.com.au/dcollett

This section of the Collett story starts at Painswick in Gloucestershire with Henry Collett (Ref. 1O55) 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 Collett’s great-granddaughter Dorothy Pitt nee Collett (Ref. 8R7) 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.

8O1	HENRY COLLETT (Ref. 1O55) was born on 07.06.1838 and was baptised on 24.06.1838 at Painswick in Gloucestershire. He married Elizabeth Roberts on 06.04.1858 at Brynmawr near Crickhowell in South Wales. Elizabeth, who was baptised on 03.01.1836 at Abergavenny, was the daughter of Peter Roberts and his wife Mary.
	In 1860 Henry and Elizabeth emigrated to Australia when they sailed out of Plymouth on the twenty-third of August aboard the ship Schah Jehan which arrived at Adelaide in South Australia on the second of December.
	Henry Collett was a coal miner and he died on 11.04.1918 at Maryborough in Victoria 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 20.04.1890 at Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, following which she was buried at Cheltenham Cemetery in Melbourne on 22^nd April 1890.
	8P1	Eliza Jane Collett		Born on 02.10.1860
	8P2	William Henry Collett		Born on 26.12.1861
	8P3	Mary Jane Collett		Born on 08.06.1864
	8P4	EMANUEL PETER JAMES COLLETT		Born on 28.12.1866
	8P5	Edwin Arthur Collett		Born on 10.09.1869
	8P6	Eleanor Harriett Sinai Collett		Born on 29.01.1876
8P1	Eliza Jane Collett was born at sea on 02.10.1860 on board the sailing ship Schah Jehan bound for Australia from Plymouth. The difficult sea journey resulted in her mother Elizabeth being ill during and following the birth. 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 22.12.1860, were both stated as having taken place at South Australia to where the ship was headed.
8P2	William Henry Collett was born on 26.12.1861 at Portland Estate in South Australia, where he married Emily Jane Corey on 17.07.1889. She was born on 01.04.1868 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 in the First World War he and Emily were living at The Post Office in Maryborough.
	William Henry Collett died on 17.03.1937 at Maryborough and was buried at Maryborough Cemetery on 20^th May 1937. Emily Collett nee Corey died on 08.09.1962 at Adelaide and was buried in Dudley Park on 11^th September 1962, at the age of 94.
	8Q1	Evelyn Frances Grace Collett	Born on 23.01.1890
	8Q2	Edgar Thomas Collett	Born in 1891
	8Q3	Henry Collett	Born on 06.06.1894
	8Q4	William Collett	Born on 04.06.1896
	8Q5	Albert Ernest Collett	Born in 1897
	8Q6	George Robert Collett	Born on 13.07.1900
	8Q7	James Percy Collett	Born on 25.10.1902
	8Q8	Charles William Henry Collett	Born on 04.05.1904
	8Q9	Emily Henrietta Collett	Born on 11.12.1907
	8Q10	Tennyson Harold Collett	Born on 29.07.1910
	8Q11	Eva Elizabeth Jane Collett	Born on 22.01.1913
8P3	Mary Jane Collett was born at South Australia on 08.06.1864. She married Henry Corey on 26.12.1882 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 25.12.1860 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 01.02.1889 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 married (2) Mary Thomas Miller Barnett from which union 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 27.05.1940 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 on 12.03.1894
8P4	EMANUEL PETER JAMES COLLETT was born on 28.12.1866. He married Hetty Matilda Ruff on 08.08.1891 at Armadale in Victoria. Emanuel was a bricklayer and he died on 24.04.1912 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 26.09.1935 at Caulfield in Victoria, and was buried the following day at Cheltenham Cemetery.
	8Q16	Archibald Victor James Collett	Born on 12.05.1892
	8Q17	PERCIVAL HAROLD COLLETT	Born on 19.08.1893
	8Q18	EDWIN ARTHUR COLLETT	Born on 09.07.1895
	8Q19	Beatrice Maude Collett	Born on 16.03.1897
	8Q20	Ida Matilda Collett	Born in 1899
	8Q21	Leslie St Clair Collett	Born on 29.07.1900
	8Q22	Irene Elizabeth Collett	Born on 19.12.1904
	8Q23	Reginald Collett	Born on 29.08.1907
8P5	Edwin Arthur Collett was born on 10.09.1869 at Queenstown in South Australia. He married Margaret Annie Archard on 08.11.1900 at Ballarat in Victoria. She was born on 31.12.1876 at Taragulla in Victoria and died on 25.01.1949 at Williamstown in Victoria.
	Edwin Arthur Collett died on 08.04.1942 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 at Williamstown on 25.01.1949.
	8Q24	Arthur Edwin Collett	Born on 12.06.1902
	8Q25	Ida Elizabeth Collett	Born on 20.03.1903
	8Q26	Thomas George Collett	Born on 05.10.1905
	8Q27	Clifford Henry Collett	Born on 14.10.1906
	8Q28	Elsie May Collett	Born on 31.10.1907
	8Q29	Geoffrey Archard Collett	Born on 14.01.1909
8P6	Eleanor Harriett Sinai Collett was born on 29.01.1876 at South Australia. She married James Cochrane in 1892, who died sixty-five years later on 14.02.1957. 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 (born 1894) and William Henry (born 1895) were born at Cheltenham, with Ivy Lillian (born 1898) at Brighton, Charles James (born 1899) at Gembrook and Royden Alexander (born 03.03.1909) at Malvern.
8Q1	Evelyn Frances Grace Collett was born at Carisbrook, Victoria on 23.01.1890. 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, Gladys, Evelyn (Linnie) and Violet, although the dates of birth of whom are not known.
	Herbert later died at Adelaide on 06.12.1952, following which Evelyn married (2) Bruce W Willcocks. She was eighty years old when she died in Adelaide on 10.09.1970.
8Q2	Edgar Thomas Collett was born at Cheltenham in Victoria during 1891 and he died at Maryborough on 20.10.1902 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 06.06.1894. 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 14.10.1915. 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 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 04.06.1896, and he died on 30.11.1974 at Yarram in Victoria and 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) confirms 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 09.06.1905.
	Ethyl Collett nee Hughes died at Melbourne on 17.12.1972 and was buried two days later at Traralgon in Victoria, while Phyllis died on 22.05.1989 at the Foster Hospital in Victoria and was buried three days later at Toora Lawn Cemetery.
	8R1	John William Henry Collett	Born on 11.12.1919
	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 on 13.10.1928
8Q6	George Robert Collett was born at Maryborough on 13.07.1900 and he died at Geelong in Victoria on 19.08.1976. At sometime in his life he married Hilda Dean.
8Q7	James Percy Collett was born on 25.10.1902 at Maryborough, where he married Bessie Melvia Carlyon on 04.04.1924. During his life he was referred to as Jim Collett. Bessie was born on 14.12.1902, also at Maryborough, and died at Caulfield on 05.03.1992 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 23.08.2006 just two month 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.
	8R5	James Leslie Collett	Born on 11.04.1925
	8R6	Betty Jean Collett	Born on 04.09.1927
	8R7	Dorothy Shirley Collett	Born on 24.04.1929
	8R8	Victor Henry Collett	Born on 14.12.1933
	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. This led him to take up a correspondence course for when he went back to his farming.
	His grandfather Henry Collett (Ref. 1O43) who had travelled from Painswick to Australia in 1860 had given him a bible. This 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 this 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 this 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 in this manner, 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. This 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 this man who lived his life for others.
8Q8	Charles William Henry Collett was born at Maryborough on 04.05.1904 and he married Myrtle Dellar on 15.08.1925, with whom he had seven children. Charles William Henry Collett died relatively young, after just fifteen years of married life, when he passed away on 13.09.1940 at Melbourne, before his youngest child reached four years of age.
	8R9	Albert Henry Collett	Born on 09.11.1925
	8R10	Susan Collett	Born on 13.09.1927
	8R11	Leslie Collett married Dorothy (Dot)	Born circa 1929
	8R12	Harold Collett	Born circa 1931
	8R13	Ronald James Collett	Born on 19.09.1932 at Maryborough
	8R14	Aileen Emily Collett	Born on 19.01.1935 at Melbourne
	8R15	Valerie Joyce Collett	Born on 24.12.1936 at Melbourne
8Q9	Emily Henrietta Collett was born at Maryborough on 11.12.1907. She married Lesley George Mills on 21.05.1927 in Victoria, with whom she had two daughters Betty (date of birth unknown) and Joan Ada (born 28.08.1929). Emily Henrietta Mills nee Collett died on 05.07.2001.
8Q10	Tennyson Harold Collett was born at Griffith Gully in Victoria on 29.07.1910. 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 30.04.1960, Dorothy having been born in 1912, and he later married (2) Beryl.
8Q11	Eva Elizabeth Jane Collett was born at Maryborough on 22.01.1913 and she (1) married William Henry Borchers, with whom she had four children, John Donald Borchers (born 08.07.1932), Elaine Joy Borchers (born 03.10.1934), Bruce Dennis Borchers (born 12.01.1937), and Garry Lawrence Borchers (born 19.04.1944).
	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.
8Q15	Henrietta Mary Corey – see Ref. 8Q18
8Q16	Archibald Victor James Collett was born at Malvern in Victoria on 12.05.1892. On 15.11.1918 he married Muriel Adeline Harris who was born on 28.08.1902, 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 11.10.1970 and was buried at Dandenong in Victoria. By that time, he had been a widower for five years, following the death of his wife on 27.11.1965.
	8R16	Yvonne Eleanor Collett	Born on 31.05.1919
	8R17	Keith Emanuel Collett	Born on 23.12.1922
8Q17	PERCIVAL HAROLD COLLETT was born at Armadale in Victoria on 19.08.1893. 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.
	He married Ruby Irene Theresa Andrews on 12.04.1924 at Caulfield in Victoria. Rita, as she was known, was born on 13.02.1898 at Coburg in Victoria and died at Hobart in Tasmania on 18.11.1984. Percival Harold Collett had also died in Hobart during the previous year, when he passed away on 14.01.1983, 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 in Victoria.
	8R18	Lois Belle Irene Collett	Born on 07.05.1925 at Malvern
	8R19	BETTY ANN COLLETT	Born on 30.10.1929 at Ormond
	8R20	Lesley Marion Collett	Born on 08.03.1939 at Bendigo
8Q18	EDWIN ARTHUR COLLETT was born on 09.07.1895 at Carisbrook in Victoria. He married his step-cousin Henrietta Mary Corey (Ref. 8Q15) on 27.08.1925 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) confirms 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 Collett.
	Henrietta, who was known as Etta, was born on 12.03.1894 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 24.12.1950 at Perth in Western Australia. His wife Henrietta was a stenographer and she also died in Perth on 06.05.1975, when her ashes, like those of her husband, were buried at Karrakatta Cemetery.
	8R21	DONALD BARRY COLLETT	Born on 30.08.1928
	8R22	Laurie Richard Collett	Born on 26.06.1931
8Q19	Beatrice Maude Collett was born at Maryborough on 16.03.1897. She was a clothing machinist and married William Waknell in 1937. She died on 02.04.1984 and was buried in Victoria. The couple had a daughter Faye (born 14.02.1938).
8Q20	Ida Matilda Collett was born at Maryborough during July 1899, but tragically died when she was only seven months old on 05.02.1900 and was buried at Maryborough.
8Q21	Leslie St Clair Collett was born at Armadale in Victoria on 29.07.1900. He was a bricklayer and he married Emma Rose Brundrett on 16.12.1922 at Moonee Ponds in Victoria. Emma was born on 01.01.1900 at Moonee Ponds and died during 1968 in Victoria. Leslie died at Caulfield in Victoria on 20.06.1998. Their two children were born while the couple were living at East Malvern in Victoria.
	8R23	June Rose Collett	Born on 21.07.1924 at East Malvern
	8R24	Ronald Leslie Collett	Born on 08.08.1929 at East Malvern
8Q22	Irene Elizabeth Collett was born at Brighton in East Victoria on 19.12.1904. Like her older sister Beatrice (above), she was also a clothing machinist. She married Harold James Evans on 01.02.1930, he having been born in February 1902. Harold died on 25.10.1967, 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 05.03.1932. Fifteen years after the death of her husband Irene Elizabeth Evans nee Collett died at Bunderim in Queensland on 12.08.1992, where she was also cremated.
8Q23	Reginald Collett was born at Sandringham in Victoria on 29.08.1907. 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 09.09.1911. 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 27.07.1990 and was cremated at Springvale four days later, as was his wife eleven years earlier on 25.03.1979.
	8R25	David Clive Collett	Born on 25.05.1930
	8R26	Margaret Aileen Collett	Born on 20.01.1932
	8R27	Peter Thomas Collett	Born on 07.09.1938
8Q24	Arthur Edwin Collett was born at Ballarat in East Victoria on 12.06.1902. He married Elizabeth Grace Moyle on 12.06.1937 and died twenty-two years later on 17.02.1959.
8Q25	Ida Elizabeth Collett was born at Ballarat on 20.03.1903. In 1928 she married Stanley Andrew de Campo, from whom she was divorced on 08.11.1934. The short marriage produced just one child, Edwin (Ted) Andrew Campo who was born on 01.01.1929. Ida Elizabeth Campo nee Collett died on 30.12.1999 and was cremated at Riddells Creek.
8Q26	Thomas George Collett was born at Ballarat in East Victoria on 05.10.1905. He was a farmer at Clarkefield in Victoria and he married Roma Grace Boyle who was born on 07.09.1910.
	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 06.12.1981 and was buried at Wangaratta in Victoria.
	8R28	David Collett	Born on 27.04.1935
	8R29	Heather Margaret Collett	Born in 1943
8Q27	Clifford Henry Collett was born at Brighton in East Victoria on 14.10.1906. He married May Eaton Stray on 09.01.1929. 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 14.07.1943 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 10.09.1912 and at the time of the death of her husband she was living at Sunbury in Victoria. May Eaton Collett nee Stay died on 01.05.1992.
	8R30	John William Collett	Born on 26.04.1929
	8R31	Clifford Edwin Collett	Born on 06.08.1931
	8R32	Peter Henry Collett	Born on 25.02.1934
8Q28	Elsie May Collett was born at Brighton in East Victoria on 31.10.1907. In 1929 she married (1) George (Dud) Seaton Matthews, with whom she had two children George and Valerie whose dates of birth are not known. Elsie Matthews nee Collett later married (2) Paez.
8Q29	Geoffrey Archard Collett was born at Bentleigh on 14.01.1909. He played an active role in the Second World War and, on his return from the hostilities, he married Dorothy Green on 21.09.1946.
	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 26.12.1974.
8R1	John William Henry Collett was born at Kew in Victoria on 11.12.1919. 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 28.06.1947 John married Patricia Scanlon at St Michael’s Catholic Church in Traralgon. Patricia was born at Footscray on 23.03.1922 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 29.09.2001, 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 03.02.2005, and was cremated at Springvale on 8^th February 2005.
	8S1	Celeste Marie Collette	Born on 25.03.1949
	8S2	Margaret Mary Collette	Born on 29.01.1951
	8S3	Gregory John Collette	Born on 13.08.1952
	8S4	Genevieve Teresa Collette	Born on 12.11.1954
	8S5	Leonie Elizabeth Collette	Born on 05.10.1958
8R4	Albert Ernest Milburn Collett was born at Croydon in South Australia on 13.10.1928. His occupation was that of a process worker and on 08.11.1952 he married Elizabeth Florence Jones at Maryborough. Elizabeth was born at Maryborough on 09.11.1931.
	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 17.09.1980.
	8S6	Graylin Collett	Born on 08.04.1957
	8S7	Donna Maree Collett	Born on 18.01.1960
	8S8	Tracey Nicole Collett	Born on 17.10.1967
8R5	James Leslie Collett was born at Maryborough on 11.04.1925. He was a plumber and married Yvonne Margaret Stringer on 25.10.1952 at Ballarat in Victoria, where Yvonne was born on 23.10.1932. The marriage produced four children for James and Yvonne, all of whom were born at Ballarat.
	8S9	Colleen Margaret Collett	Born on 05.09.1953
	8S10	Anthony James Collett	Born on 19.09.1955
	8S11	Krishna Monica Collett	Born on 11.06.1957
	8S12	Michael Francis Collett	Born on 21.06.1958
8R6	Betty Jean Collett was born at Jeparit in Victoria on 04.09.1927. 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, Pamela Jean, Jennifer Dorothy, Mark Lyton, and Glenn. No dates of birth are known.
8R7	Dorothy Shirley Collett was born at Jeparit on 24.04.1929. She married (1) William John Redfern with whom she had four children. Gayle Jeanette Redfern was born on10.09.1950, Lynette Joy Redfern was born on 23.08.1953, John William Redfern was born 14.02.1955, and Vicki Joanne Redfern was born on 02.03.1958.
	Dorothy later married (2) Raymond Stanley Pitt on 08.07.1967 in Melbourne. Raymond was born in 1918 at Gawler in South Australia and died on 21.05.1988 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 (Ref. 8Q7).
8R8	Victor Henry Collett was born at Stawell in Victoria on 14.12.1933. He was an instrument maker and married Eva Newman of Footscray, Victoria, but the marriage produced no children and they were later divorced.
8R9	Albert Henry Collett was born at Packenham in Victoria on 09.11.1925, 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 Myrtle McDonald who may have been engaged to be married to Albert or perhaps was even his future first wife.
	However, it is known that he married Rhonda May Arnold on 23.03.1957 at Moonee Ponds. Rhonda, who was born on 31.07.1831 at Davenport in Tasmania, was later divorced from Albert on 26.04.1979.
8R10	Susan Collett was born in Victoria, Australia on 13.09.1927, the eldest daughter of Charles Collett and Myrtle Dellar. Susan married (1) Stanley Campbell Martin, from whom she was later divorced. Following the separation, Susan partnered with Cyril Martin, who was very likely the brother, or some other relative, of her earlier husband.
8R13	Ronald James Collett was born at Maryborough on 19.09.1932. He was not quite twenty years old when he died at Herberton in Queensland on 10.03.1952.
8R14	Aileen Emily Collett was born at Melbourne on 19.01.1935. She married Basil John Page who was born on 01.08.1929 at Nyngan in New South Wales. The marriage produced two daughters for the couple, they being Susan Gail Page, who was born on 19.03.1956, and Karren Joy Page, who was born on 10.04.1958 at Dubbo in New South Wales.
8R15	Valerie Joyce Collett was born at Melbourne on 24.12.1936, the youngest child of Charles Collett and Myrtle Dellar. Valerie was not yet four years old when her father died in March 1940. Sadly Valerie was only twenty-one when she died from asthma at Nyngan in New South Wales on 12.07.1958.
8R16	Yvonne Eleanor Collett was born on 31.05.1919 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 16.11.1945. William walker was born on 16.12.1913, and died on 16.06.1994. Yvonne Eleanor Walker nee Collett had died three years earlier, when she passed away on 20.05.1991.
8R17	Keith Emanuel Collett was born at Camperdown in Victoria on 23.12.1922. 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 03.04.1948 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 01.05.1926 and she died on-20.10.1996 at Ashburton in Victoria. Keith Emanuel Collett died on 02.10.1966 at Surrey Hills in Victoria and was cremated at Springvale on 4^th October 1966.
	8S13	Robyn Collett	Born on 14.10.1949 at Elsternwick
	8S14	Barry Thomas Collett	Born on 24.11.1950 at Elsternwick
8R18	Lois Belle Irene Collett was born at Malvern in Victoria on 07.05.1925. She married (1) Jack Sydney Green on 04.12.1948 at Glenhuntly in Victoria. The couple had three children, Robyn Stephanie Green who was born on 13.06.1957, Gail Leonie Green, and Peta Leonie Green who was born on 19.07.1961. The latter two children were born at Rabaul PNG, where Peta Leonie died on 09.02.1993 aged 32.
	Jack Green was born on 19.04.1924-and died on 18.03.1989. Following his death, Lois Green nee Collett married (2) Warren Jones on 21.11.1992, but he sadly died less than three months after they were married, when he passed away on 09.02.1993.
8R19	BETTY ANN COLLETT was born at Ormond in Victoria on 30.10.1929. She was a milliner and a dressmaker and she married Percival Ross Preston on 26.03.1949 at Elsternwick. Percival was a geological cartographer and was born on 17.03.1927 in Victoria.
	Betty Ann Preston nee Collett died in Tasmania during 2006, and it was in Tasmania that her daughter Adrienne was born, and where her eldest daughter eventually settled and developed a tour business.
	8S15	ANN ROSLYN PRESTON	Born on 02.08.1949
	8S16	Adrienne Lea Preston	Born on 06.09.1952
	8S17	Grant Andrew Preston	Born on 17.04.1954
	8S18	Lynne Michelle Preston	Born on 13.09.1960
8R20	Lesley Marion Collett was born at Bendigo in Victoria on 08.03.1939. She married Raymond Neil Baird at Elsternwick on 08.11.1958. Raymond was born at South Melbourne on 16.02.1934. They had two children, Diane Christine Baird who was born in 1961, and Stephen Leslie who was born in 1964, both of them being born at Ferntree Gully in Victoria.
8R21	DONALD BARRY COLLETT was born at Manangatang in Victoria on 30.08.1928. He was a civil engineer and he married nurse Judith Elizabeth Leschen on 03.05.1952 at Attadale in Western Australia. Judith was born at Perth on 15.05.1930, 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 had 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.
	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’.
	8S19	JARD CAMPBELL COLLETT	Born on 20.08.1968
8R22	Laurie Richard Collett was born at Manangatang on 26.06.1931. His occupations were those of a farmer and social worker. It was on 08.03.1952, 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 12.02.1932 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 15.06.1979, following which she was cremated at Karrakatta Cemetery in Western Australia.
	8S20	Stephen Edwin Collett	Born on 08.10.1953
	8S21	Julie Anne Collett	Born on 11.08.1955
	8S22	Tracey Lee Jarvis (fostered child)	Born on 18.06.1968
	8S23	Lesley Odette Cooper (fostered child)	Born on 27.03.1969
8R23	June Rose Collett was born at East Malvern in Victoria on 21.07.1924. Her occupation was that of dressmaker and she married Leslie James Wilson on 22.01.1949 at Glenhuntly in Victoria. The marriage produced two children, Rhonda June Wilson who was born on 1.11.1950, and John Leslie Wilson who was born on 19.06.1955.
	Leslie was born at Oakleigh in Victoria on 03.05.1925-and he was a coach driver and a taxi driver. He died in Melbourne on 19.09.2003 and was buried at four days later at Springvale in Victoria.
8R24	Ronald Leslie Collett was born at East Malvern on 08.08.1929. He was a bricklayer and he married Margaret Richie on 31.01.1953 at Glenhuntly, Victoria.
	8S24	Leanne Margaret Collett	Born on 13.08.1955 at South Caulfield
	8S25	Peter Raymond Collett	Born on 03.01.1960 at Prahran, Vic
	8S26	Jeanette Susan Collett	Born on 29.09.1962 at Prahran, Vic
8R25	David Clive Collett was born at East Malvern in Victoria on 25.05.1930. His occupation was that of bricklayer and carpenter. He married salesperson Winifred Vernon on 28.04.1956 at Chelsea in Victoria, Winifred having been born at Ringwood in Victoria on 15.01.1935. Their first child was born at Chelsea, the second at Dandenong, and the remainder at Ferntree Gully.
	8S27	Matthew David Collett	Born on 29.04.1957
	8S28	Murray Peter Collett	Born on 31.10.1958
	8S29	Michelle Gay Collett	Born on 02.11.1962 at Fern Gully, Vic.
	8S30	Angela Joy Collett (twin)	Born on 02.05.1967
	8S31	Andrew Vernon Collett (twin)	Born on 02.05.1967
8R26	Margaret Aileen Collett was born at Manangatan in Victoria on 20.01.1932. She married (1) Kenneth William Joseph Quirk on 18.04.1953 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 30.05.1955, Mark Anthony Quirk who was born on 28.08.1957, and Shane Peter Quirk who was born on 01.03.1962.
	Five years after they were divorced, Margaret Quirk nee Collett married (2) Keith Wallace Scott on 15.12.1972 at Melbourne, with whom she had a further child born at Chelsea in Victoria on 31.05.1976.
8R27	Peter Thomas Collett was born at Bacchus Marsh in Victoria on 07.09.1938. He married Beryl Kane on 11.11.1964, but died on 11.08.1988 at Tongala in Victoria.
	8S32	Lisa Collett	Born on 10.10.1967
	8S33	David Collett	Born on 24.03.1969
8R28	David Collett was born on 27.04.1935 and later in his life he was a carpenter. On 07.03.1959 at Sunbury in Victoria he married Jean Rook who was born on 19.06.1938.
	8S34	Tracey Jean Collett	Born on 06.08.1964
8R29	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 19.09.1995. The children were Conchetta Maree Constantio who was born on 07.03.1968, and Vincent Constantio whose date of birth is not known.
8R31	Clifford Edwin Collett was born at Clarkefield in Victoria on 06.08.1931. He married Paula Dorothy Hillman at Malta on 22.09.1954. Paula was born on 29.04.1937 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.
	8S35	Patricia May Collett	Born on 26.05.1960
	8S36	Clifford Eric Collett	Born on 08.11.1963 at Gisborne, Vic.
	8S37	Leanne Collett	Born on 24.06.1966
8R32	Peter Henry Collett was born on 25.02.1934 and on 30.11.1957 he married Margaret Smith who was born on 28.01.1935.
	8S38	Peter William Collett	Born on 05.07.1959
	8S39	Maree Collett	Born on 17.05.1963
8S1	Celeste Marie Collette was born at Prahran on 25.03.1949, and on 05.09.1970 she married Leslie James O’Neill who was born on 03.12.1949. The marriage produced three children Ashley James O’Neill who was born on 20.06.1972, Ann Patricia O’Neill who was born on 12.10.1977, and Jonathon Gregory O’Neill who was born on 12.12.1979. The latter two children were born at the Jessie MacPherson Hospital in Melbourne.
	A few years later and Celeste married (2) Neville Andrews on 04.04.1986. Neville, who was born on 15.05.1940, was an electrician and religious minister, and that second marriage for Celeste produced two further children. Luke Daniel Andrews was born on 28.05.1987 at the Jessie MacPherson Hospital, and Esther Elise Andrews was born on 24.10.1988 at St Andrew’s Hospital in East Melbourne.
8S2	Margaret Mary Collette was born at Caulfield on 29.01.1951. On 28.10.1972 she married William (Bill) Buckley who was born on 24.06.1951 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 17.02.1975, Leigh William Buckley who was born on 03.07.1978, and Robin David Buckley who was born on 14.10.1982. 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 13.08.1952. In his later life he was the Director of Greenway Publications and Managing Director of Wordware Pty Ltd.
	On 16.02.1974 at the Naval Chapel in Watsons Bay, New South Wales he married Julienne Eve McGregor who was born on 26.06.1952 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 on 18.05.1977
	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 12.11.1954. She married (1) Daniel Anthony Burke on 12.03.1975, who was born at Hobart on 29.01.1950. 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 11.04.1982. He was born on 01.04.1946 at Woodend in Victoria and that second marriage for Genevieve produced two children. Kim John Bevan was born on 11.10.1982, and Felicity Peta Bevan was born on 19.09.1985, both of them having been born at the South East District Hospital at Noble Park in Victoria.
	This second marriage for Genevieve lasted just over ten years before being divorced in July 1992.
8S5	Leonie Elizabeth Collette was born at Oakleigh on 05.10.1958, and on 05.11.1994 she married Richard Uden. Richard was born on 19.08.1943 at Masterton in New Zealand and was a clay potter.
8S6	Graylin Collett was born at Maryborough on 08.04.1957. 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 18.01.1960. 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 17.10.1967 and she married Chris Holborn.
8S9	Colleen Margaret Collett was born on 05.09.1953 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 28.09.1973, and Lisa Jane Grace who was born on 01.10.1975.
	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 20.07.1989.
8S10	Anthony James Collett was born on 19.09.1955 and he became an electrician. During September 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.
	8T4	Anthony Francis Collett	Born on 03.10.1976
	8T5	Mathew James Collett	Born on 20.03.1978
	8T6	Benjamin Michael Collett	Born on 23.11.1979
8S11	Krishna Monica Collett was born on 11.06.1957. 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 03.05.1981, who was an electrician and a sportsman, and Sally Jo Brennan who was born on 03.10.1983.
	Both of the children were born while the family was living in Melbourne. However a few years later Krishna and Lindsay were divorced, allowing Kristna to marry (2) Steve Dutton.
8S12	Michael Francis Collett was born on 21.06.1958 and he took up the work of a mechanic. It was during 1980 that he married (1) Christina Westaway. The couple were 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. This 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.
	8T7	Paul Michael Collett	Born on 20.06.1981 at Geelong, Vic.
	8T8	Andrew Stephen Collett	Born on 21.08.1983
	8T9	Melissa Anne Collett	Born on 21.08.1986 at Melbourne
	8T10	Noah Joseph Collett	Born on 07.08.2002 at Melbourne
8S14	Barry Thomas Collett was born at Windsor in Victoria on 24.11.1950. He married Gillian Margaret Hyett on 10.03.1973 at Moorabbin in Victoria. Gillian was born at Melbourne on 16.10.1949. Both of their two children were born while the family was living at Frankston.
	8T11	Narelle Jody Collett	Born on 01.06.1976 at Frankston, Vic.
	8T12	Sarsha Collett	Born on 01.06.1978 at Frankston, Vic.
8S15	ANN ROSLYN PRESTON was born at Glenhuntly on 02.08.1949. She was a secretary and married (1) Paul R W Read on 01.08.1970 at Hobart but was later divorced. She then married (2) Kong Wing Loh on 17.07.1980 at Brunei in Darusalam.
	Kong Wing was born on 27.01.1952 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, twins daughters, were born when the family was living in Melbourne, while their son and third child was born at Essendon.
	Just like Don Collett (Ref. 8R21), 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’. This 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
	8T13	Mai Hlaing Loh (twin)	Born on 01.05.1981
	8T14	Mai Pyin Loh (twin)	Born on 01.05.1981
	8T15	Kyaw-win Loh	Born on 01.04.1987
8S19	JARD CAMPBELL COLLETT was born at Perth, Western Australia, on 20.08.1968. It was also in Western Australia, at Safety Bay, that he married (1) Alexa Louise Brocklehurst on 15.02.1997. Alexa was born at Kwinana on 14.03.1972.
	Jard and Alexa were later divorced during 2000 and, after three years Jard married (2) Elizabeth (Libby) Ann Black at Mount Dandenong on 13.09.2003. Libby was born on 14.01.1972 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.
	8T15	Neo Xavier Collett	Born on 26.05.2005 at South Brisbane
	8T16	Felix Zachary Collett	Born on 11.12.2006 at Brisbane
8S20	Stephen Edwin Collett was born at Kellerberrin in Western Australia on 08.10.1953, and his occupation was that of a geologist.
	He married secretary (1) Norma Waters who was born at Mount Lawley in Western Australia on 26.04.1861, the wedding taking place at Mandurah in Western Australia on 20.04.1980. 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 28.08.1956. This second marriage for Stephen provided him with a daughter.
	8T17	Kristoffer Collett	Born on 06.11.1980
	8T18	Emma Lisa Michell-Collett	Born on 26.04.1993
8S21	Julie Anne Collett was born at Kellerberrin on 11.08.1955. She was a nurse and hearing tutor and she married Robert Jean-Marie David de Bijl on 25.10.1975 at Guildford in Western Australia.
	Robert was born on 05.04.1951 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 21.10.1977, Stephen John Robert de Bijl, who was born on 19.11.1978, Philip John de Bijl, who was born on 12.05.1980, Bridget Jean de Bijl, who was born on 15.12.1981, and Jodie Anne de Bijl, who was born on 01.05.1983. The married ended in 2001, when Julie Anne and Robert were divorced.
8S22	Tracey Lee Jarvis, who was known as Tracey Collett, was the fostered child of Laurie and Barney Collett. She was born on 18.06.1968 and taken in by the Collett family on 04.11.1970. She was married just after the turn of the century to David James Hunting who was born at Pinjarra in Western Australia on 12.06.1969.
	On 13.04.2006 at Subiaco in Western Australia, Tracey gave birth to a son Benjamin James Hunting.
8S23	Lesley Odette Cooper, who was known as Lesley Collett, was the fostered child of Laurie and Barney Collett. She was born at Kalgoorlie on 27.03.1969 and taken into the Collett family on 09.02.1971. On 20.11.1993 at Mandurah, she married Dean Andrew Bunter who was born on 19.03.1968 at Geraldton in Western Australia. Their daughter Olivia Michelle Bunter was born at South Perth on 10.09.1995.
8S24	Leanne Margaret Collett was born at South Caulfield in Victoria on 13.08.1955. She married Geoffrey Gilbert Cartwright on 01.05.1976 at Bentleigh in Victoria.
	Geoffrey, an electrician, was born on 27.07.1951 at Hampton in Victoria and the couple had two children. Simon Geoffrey Cartwright was born on 02.10.1978, and Andrew Steven Cartwright was born on 12.08.1981, both of them having been born at Sandringham in Victoria.
8S25	Peter Raymond Collett was born at Prahran on 03.01.1960. His occupation was that of carpenter and he married Sylvia Robyn Blythe on 13.05.1995 at Queenscliff in Victoria. Sylvia was born at Carlton in Victoria on 07.08.1961, and her occupation was that of a business manager.
	8T19	Hilary Grace Collett	Born on 15.06.1996 at St Kilda, Vic.
	8T20	Oliver William Collett	Born on 30.03.1998 at St Kilda, Vic.
8S26	Jeanette Susan Collett was born at Prahran on 29.09.1962. Her occupation was that of a sales person and she married Mark Plumridge on 10.11.1984 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 31.08.1987 at Moorabbin, and Bradley James plumridge was born on 20.02.1990 at Dandenong.
8S27	Matthew David Collett was born at Chelsea in Victoria on 29.04.1957. He married Sue Elliot during 1985 at Emerald in Victoria and all of their children were born at Dandenong.
	8T21	Christine Collett	Born on 14.02.1986 at Dandenong
	8T22	Cherrie Collett	Born on 28.01.1988 at Dandenong
	8T23	Luke Collett	Born on 22.02.1990 at Dandenong
	8T24	Rose Collett	Born on 25.09.1991 at Dandenong
8S28	Murray Peter Collett was born at Dandenong on 31.10.1958 and he married Jo-Anne Chandler. Their children were born at Ferntree Gully, and by 2002 their eldest daughter Nicole had given birth to twins Joshua and Hayley.
	8T25	Nicole Collett	Born on 22.07.1980 at Ferntree Gully
	8T26	Craig Collett	Born on 12.12.1983 at Ferntree Gully
8S30	Angela Joy Collett was one half of a set of twins born at Ferntree Gully on 02.05.1967. Around 1990 she married (1) David Vanstokrom who was born in 1966, but they were divorced around ten years later. The marriage produced two children, Adam Vanstokrom who was born on 26.11.1992, and Jasmine Vanstokrom who was born on 04.08.1995, both of them being born at Ferntree Gully.
	Following her divorce, Angela married (2) Peter Cutting at Red Hill in Victoria on 17.03.2001 and that marriage produced another son for her, James Cutting, whose date of birth is not known. Her husband Peter was an architect and was born at Brighton on 26.03.1957.
8S31	Andrew Vernon Collett was one half of a set of twins born at Ferntree Gully on 02.05.1967. He later entered into a partnership arrangement with Nicole Morris. It would appear that the couple settled in Ferntree Gully, since it was there that their daughter was born.
	8T27	Lydia Collett	Born on 08.11.1999 at Ferntree Gully
8S34	Tracy Jean Collett was born on 06.08.1964 and she married Allan Neale Fleming at Sunbury in Victoria on 06.08.1994. Allan was born on 19.07.1962 and the marriage produced two children Michael (born 07.08.1996) and Rebecca (born 03.04.12002) both born at Sunbury.
8S35	Patricia May Collett, referred to as Tricia, was born at Taipang in Malaya on 26.05.1960. She married Brett Bowling on 24.01.1986 with whom she had two children James Wilson (born on 05.11.1988) at Dubbo and Jason Lee (born on 19.04.1990) at Melbourne. Tricia was later divorced from Brett.
8S37	Leanne Collett was born at Sale in Victoria on 24.06.1966. She married Kenneth Richard Fitzgibbon on 07.06.1985, but from whom she was later divorced. The marriage produced two children Katie Lee (born on 21.04.1988) and Joshua Douglas (born on 10.06.1993) both children being born at Melbourne.
8S38	Peter William Collett was born on 05.07.1959, and he married Lorna on 08.02.1986.
	8T28	Miranda Collett	Born on 10.04.1987
	8T29	Ryan Collett	Date of birth unknown
8S39	Maree Collett was born on 17.05.1963 and on 05.06.1985 she married Gabriel Audesho who was born on 01.07.1953. The couple had two children Adam Gabriel (born on 14.12.1987) and Jacob Aaron (born on 04.01.1992).
8T1	Mark Richard Collette was born at Sydney on 18.05.1977. He married Robyn Elizabeth MacFarland at Brisbane on 20.11.2004.
8T4	Anthony Francis Collett was born at Melbourne on 03.10.1976. His occupation was that of a health carer and on 22.09.2001 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.
8T5	Mathew James Collett was born at Melbourne on 20.03.1978 and later in life he was an electrician like his father Anthony James Collett.
8T6	Benjamin Michael Collett was born at Melbourne on 23.11.1979 and he became a carpenter.
8T8	Andrew Stephen Collett was born at Melbourne on 21.08.1983 and he married Ashlea just after the turn of the century.
	8U3	Blake James Collett	Born on 27.04.2003