Vale – A 317083 William (Bill) Travis Colgrave – RAAF
I apologise for this very short notice, but I only saw this notice late last night in a Facebook page entitled “RAAF Deaths and Funeral Notices”.
The notice said that Bill passed away on Wednesday 12th February, and his funeral is to be held at the Warrill Park Crematorium, in Willowbank on Wednesday 19th February (yes – Tomorrow) at 9.00am. Sadly, I am unable to attend due to other commitments, and it is about 100km from home.
Bill’s tour of Vietnam included both 2SQN and 9SQN. Bill’s posting to 2SQN was from 14 APR 1971 to 02 JUN 1971, when the squadron left Vietnam and returned to Amberley. Bill was then posted to 9SQN from 02 JUN 1971 until 09 DEC 1971. Many of us will remember Bill as a fine Armourer and a good mate. I served with Bill in 9SQN and we met much later at Amberley when I did an F111C Armourer’s course, and he was the instructor.
We extend our sincere condolences to Bill’s family and wish them well.
Kind Regards,
John Clarkson.
