Collier, John Stanley Gordon

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B.Arch. : Lieutenant, East Lancashire Regiment, B.E.F., Egypt, Gallipoli, Mesopotamia and France; also Indian Army. Enlisting 20th August, 1914, and sailing 16th October, was commissioned 19th April, 1915, and joined 6th Battn. East Lancs, in September. Proceeding to Egypt, Gallipoli and Mesopotamia, was wounded 9th April, 1916. On recovery joined battn. in France, serving till wounded and gassed at Villers-Bretonneux, 24th April, 1918. Then transferred to Indian Army as lieutenant but was invalided out, returning to regt. July, 1919, and to Australia in May, 1920. Member of University of Tasmania (Arts and Law).

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1895

Birth in Zeehan -- TAS, Australia 2 May 1895
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Early education at Leslie House School, Hobart, TAS, Australia
1914

Military service as Lieutenant at Egypt --, Egypt ; Gallipoli --, Turkey ; Mesopotamia ; France --, France ; India --, India 1914
1914

Enlisted 20 Aug 1914
1922

Tertiary education at University of Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia 1922
1924

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1924
1925

Officer at Sydney -- NSW, Australia 1925
1937

Draughtsman at Sydney -- NSW, Australia 1937
1944

Deputy Chief Architect at Sydney -- NSW, Australia 1944
1947

Senior Architect at Sydney -- NSW, Australia 1947
1968

Death in Rose Bay -- NSW, Australia 27 October 1968

Gender

Male

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