COBB, WILTON WINSTANLEY (1917-1942), army officer and grazier, was born on 6
June 1917 at Albion, Brisbane, second child of Frederick Cobb, a grazier from New
Zealand, and his Queensland-born wife Hannah Belle, née Lloyd. Educated by
correspondence and at All Souls' School, Charters Towers, Wilton completed the
junior public examination in 1932. Known as 'Bill', he worked on his father's
station, Frensham, near Winton, and on other properties in the district. He was
commissioned lieutenant in the Militia on 19 August 1939.
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