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Lieutenant Colonel Colin Quintrell Taplin

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Lieutenant Colonel Colin Quintrell Taplin Veteran

Birth
Burra, Goyder Regional Council, South Australia, Australia
Death
31 Oct 1946 (aged 51)
Millbrook, Moorabool Shire, Victoria, Australia
Burial
Fawkner, Merri-bek City, Victoria, Australia Add to Map
Plot
Ashes scattered. (GRM3*)
Memorial ID
View Source
View Memorial site here in the Victorian Garden of Remembrance
View Memorial site here 2
WW1 Service Australian Army
Ranks Held: Captain, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel
Units: Australian Army
Australian Imperial Force
8th Australian Infantry Brigade
32nd Australian Infantry Battalion
Awards
When serving with the 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion
during the First World War, he was awarded;
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Published: Commonwealth of Australia Gazette
15 September 1919 on page 1370 at position 40
Medals: 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Also served in World War II: enlisted, 6 November 1939; died, 31 October 1946, as V159757 Captain
He was accepted, after research, for commemoration as war dead on 27/09/2011.

Son of Charles James Taplin (1868~1940) &
Edith Thirza (1870~1940) Rabbich.
Husband of Kathleen Mary Davey (M1921)
His name is located at panel 11 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).
Family/military connections Brother: [198] Lt Lansley Edison TAPLIN, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 31 July 1918.
View Memorial site here in the Victorian Garden of Remembrance
View Memorial site here 2
WW1 Service Australian Army
Ranks Held: Captain, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel
Units: Australian Army
Australian Imperial Force
8th Australian Infantry Brigade
32nd Australian Infantry Battalion
Awards
When serving with the 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion
during the First World War, he was awarded;
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Published: Commonwealth of Australia Gazette
15 September 1919 on page 1370 at position 40
Medals: 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Also served in World War II: enlisted, 6 November 1939; died, 31 October 1946, as V159757 Captain
He was accepted, after research, for commemoration as war dead on 27/09/2011.

Son of Charles James Taplin (1868~1940) &
Edith Thirza (1870~1940) Rabbich.
Husband of Kathleen Mary Davey (M1921)
His name is located at panel 11 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).
Family/military connections Brother: [198] Lt Lansley Edison TAPLIN, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 31 July 1918.

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