John Thomas COLBERT
John Thomas COLBERT
AKA ?
* Nickname: ?
Late of ?
Relations in ‘the job’:
“possible” relation in ‘the job‘: R.J. COLBERT, NSWPF # 16090 ( Born 1946 ) ?
NSW Police Training Centre – Redfern – Class # ? ? ?
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 5981
Rank: Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy on Monday 19 January 1948 ( aged 26 years, 11 months, 30 days )
Probationary Constable – appointed Monday 2 February 1948 ( aged 27 years, 0 months, 13 days )
Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Constable 1st Class – appointed ? ? ?
Detective – appointed ? ? ?
Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Leading Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ? ( N/A )
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 20 December 1964
Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed 1 March 1972
Sergeant 1st Class – appointed 10 June 1976
Final Rank: = Sergeant 1st Class
Stations: ?, Kingsgrove ( 31 Division ) – Death
Time employed ( Paid ) with NSW Police: From: 19 January 1948 to 11 March 1979 = 31 years, 1 month, 20 days
Service ( From Training Date ) period: From 19 January 1948 to 11 March 1979 = 31 years, 1 month, 20 days Service
Retirement / Leaving age: = 58 years, 1 month, 19 days
Time in Retirement from Police: 0
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Australian Imperial Force
Regiment: Royal Australian Navy
Enlisted: 3 January 1941 ( Aged 19 years, 11 months, 14 days ) in Port Adelaide, S.A.
Service # PA1978
Rank: Signalman
Embarkation: ?
Age at embarkation: ?
Occupation: ?
Address: Riverton, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia
Next of kin: Agnes COLBERT ( Mother )
Religion: ?
Single / Married: ?
Returned to Australia: ?
Date of Discharge: 26 March 1946
Posting at Discharge: HMAS Moreton
Awards: ?
https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/508203
https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=1095453&c=WW2
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Awards: No Find on the Australian Honours system – which is obviously wrong from looking at his uniform
Born: Thursday 20 January 1921 in Kilkenny, Scotland
Died on: Sunday 11 March 1979
Age: 58 years, 1 month, 19 days
Organ Donor: Y / N / ?
Cause: Motor Vehicle Collision – Pedestrian
Event location: Morgan St, Kingsgrove, NSW
Event / Diagnosis date: 11 March 1979
Funeral date: ? ? ?
Funeral location: ?
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Wake location: ???
Wake date: ???
Funeral Parlour: ?
Buried at: Woronora Memorial Park, 121 Linden St, Sutherland, NSW
Grave Location: Section: General Plaque Lawn 5 Row: ? Plot: 478
Grave GPS: ?, ?
Memorial / Plaque / Monument located at: ?
Dedication date of Memorial / Plaque / Monument: Nil – at this time ( September 2024 )
JOHN IS mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance
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At 11pm on 10 March, 1979 Sergeant Colbert commenced duty as the supervising sergeant in the Hurstville Division. Following an inspection of the Kingsgrove Police Station the sergeant set out for the Peakhurst Police Station. About 1.20am he parked behind a panel van in Morgan Street, Kingsgrove where he spoke to the occupants. The sergeant then returned to the police car and as he opened the driver’s door he was struck by a passing vehicle and killed instantly.
The sergeant was born in 1921 and joined the New South Wales Police Force on 2 February, 1948. At the time of his death he was stationed at Kingsgrove.
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Nothing further, than what is recorded above, is known about this person at the time of publication and further information and photos would be appreciated.
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15 September 2014
Updated: 23 September 2024
Wife = Kathlyn Marie COLBERT. Died 12 August 2002.
Loved wife of John.
Dearly loved mother of Helen, James, Stephen, Elizabeth & Andrew.
Grave: Woronora Memorial Park, 121 Linden St, Sutherland.
General Plaque Lawn 5, Grave 478.
Kathlyn Marie O’Connor Colbert (unknown-2002) – Find a Grave Memorial
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