Colin Fife Angas OAM (1920 - 2016)

Born 23 Nov 1920 in North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Ancestors

Biography

Colin Fife Angas was born on 23 November 1920 in North Adelaide, South Australia, the son of Monica Alice Angas and Ronald Fife Angas.^[1][2]

From 1933 to 1939, he attended Geelong Grammar School in Geelong, Victoria.^[3]

He married, firstly, Marjory Alice Murray,^[1] his first cousin. They had one son and two daughters.^[1]

In June 1948, Colin was best man at the wedding of Alexander Ronald Murray in Toorak, Victoria.^[4]

Colin and Marjory divorced around 1950.^[5]

His second marriage, around 1951, was to Ann Maudsley.^[1] They had two daughters and one son.^[1]

Colin was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in 2007 for service to the community of Angaston, South Australia, particularly through rural fire service and local government roles.^[6]

He died on 6 March 2016, aged 96 years.^[7][3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} "12. Colin Fife Angas." THE HON. GEORGE FIFE ANGAS. Retrieved 18 August 2019 by Clare Spring from https://sites.google.com/site/thehonesquiregeorgefifeangas/Home/9--jfmc-john-howard-angas-1823/10--charles-howard-angas-1861/11--ronald-fife-angas/12--colin-fife-angas. Archived 17 August 2019 at https://web.archive.org/web/20190817234616/https://sites.google.com/site/thehonesquiregeorgefifeangas/Home/9--jfmc-john-howard-angas-1823/10--charles-howard-angas-1861/11--ronald-fife-angas/12--colin-fife-angas.
2. ↑ Colin Fife Angas interviewed by Karen George (26 April 2006) for the National Trust of South Australia Oral History Project. Transcript online: http://www.slsa.ha.sa.gov.au/archivaldocs/oh/OH780_1.pdf. Archived 16 April 2019 at https://web.archive.org/web/20190416072234/http://www.slsa.ha.sa.gov.au/archivaldocs/oh/OH780_1.pdf.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Light Blue (Issue 97, May 2016), p. 56. Geelong Grammar School. Retrieved 18 August 2019 by Clare Spring from https://issuu.com/geelonggrammarschool/docs/light_blue-issuu.
4. ↑ "S.A. guests at wedding in Victoria." 14 June 1948. News (Adelaide), p. 7. Retrieved 18 August 2019 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/129904738.
5. ↑ "Divorce to husband." 26 July 1950. News (Adelaide), p. 27. Retrieved 18 August 2019 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131126201.
6. ↑ Wikipedia contributors. (15 July 2019). "2007 Australia Day Honours." In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 18 August 2019 by Clare Spring from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2007_Australia_Day_Honours&oldid=906350918.
7. ↑ "Funeral notice: Colin Fife ANGAS OAM." Obituaries by Heaven Address. Retrieved 18 August 2019 by Clare Spring from https://www.heavenaddress.com/obituaries/funeral-notice/Colin-Fife-ANGAS-OAM/1433474/.