Maurice Alexander COLSTON

1911 - 1976  (65 years)

• Name	Maurice Alexander COLSTON
  Born	20 May 1911	Yackandandah, Victoria, Australia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	9 Feb 1943 to 11 Jan 1944  [3]
  	World War 2
  	WW2 Nominal roll: Name: COLSTON, MAURICE ALEXANDER Service: Australian Army Service Number: VX130177 (V197719) Date of Birth: 20 May 1911 Place of Birth: YACKANDANDAH, VIC Date of Enlistment: 9 Feb 1943 Locality on Enlistment: NRTH FITZROY Place of Enlistment: AUSTRAL, NSW Next of Kin: COLSTON, REBA Date of Discharge: 11 Jan 1944 Rank: Private Posting at Discharge: 14 COMPANY AASC WW2 Honours and Gallantry: None for display Prisoner of War: No
  Died	25 Jul 1976	Mornington, Victoria, Australia   [4, 5]
  Cremated	28 Jul 1976	Springvale, Victoria, Australia   [5]
  FamilySearch ID	KNWG-4HP
  FamilySearch link	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KNWG-4HP
  Cremated	The Necropolis Springvale Cremated, Book of Remembrance June 19
  Person ID	I87	Colston & Wenck families in Australia
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Alexander Simon COLSTON,   b. 7 Jan 1880, Barnawartha, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 12 Feb 1949, West Coburg, Victoria, Australia  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Jane CRAMPTON,   b. 1876, Boree Creek, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 12 Jul 1947, Parkville, Victoria, Australia  (Age 71 years)
  Married	1906	Barnawartha, Victoria, Australia
  Family ID	F23	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Reba Frances GINNIVAN,   b. 1911, Carlton, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 25 Apr 1991, Victoria, Australia  (Age 80 years)
  Married	1937	Victoria, Australia   [6]
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2007
  Family ID	F24	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 20 May 1911 - Yackandandah, Victoria, Australia Married - 1937 - Victoria, Australia Died - 25 Jul 1976 - Mornington, Victoria, Australia Cremated - 28 Jul 1976 - Springvale, Victoria, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S72] WW2 Nominal Roll [database on-line], (http://www.ww2roll.gov.au), Birthdate given. [S11] Edwardian Index Victoria 1902-1913, (Melbourne, The Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, 1997), 1911/16258. [S72] WW2 Nominal Roll [database on-line], (http://www.ww2roll.gov.au), Service Number: VX130177 (V197719). [S80] Death Index Victoria 1921-1985, (Melbourne, The Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, 1998), 1976/18206. [S116] The Springvale Botanical Cemetery Records, (http://sbc.smct.org.au), # 999836. [S13] Marriage Index Victoria 1921-1942, (Melbourne, The Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, 2003), 1937/4469.