Collection: Colin Brayshaw Collection

Processing Information

This collection is awaiting arrangement and description. It contains photocopies of letters from Colin Brayshaw home to his family during WWII. Please contact Archives staff for further details of collection content.

Dates

Majority of material found within c.1940 - 1943

Biographical / Historical

Colin Mark Brayshaw [13/10/1918 - 19/04/1990] [WWII, No.15686].

Born in Whangarei to parents Bertie and Christina Grace [nee Aitken]. Listed as a dairy factory assistant in Invercargill before embarking.

Married Hazel Louisa Milne in 1943 and had two children. They lived on Tay Street, Hawthorndale, Invercargill after the war.

Colin worked as a mailman on the RD4 route, and also delivered bread for Millar-Lange. He later worked as a bailiff.