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He spent four years in the Navy with two years and three months at sea on Corvettes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tim was at sea in Choiseul Bay, off the Solomon Islands, when news came through that the war was over.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He had started studying commerce during his downtime on the ship and when he was demobilised, he went to Melbourne University to continue the course but didn&#8217;t complete it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, he took over his father&#8217;s role as a newsagent after he died unexpectedly in 1947. Tim ended up buying the other two newsagencies in Kyneton.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has no regrets about staying in the small town that rallied around him after an electrical fire destroyed his newsagency. 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1198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Tim on his wedding day with wife Patricia.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/TimCollins-4-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"17939\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/TimCollins-4-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/midlandexpress.com.au\/?attachment_id=17939\" class=\"wp-image-17939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/TimCollins-4-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/TimCollins-4-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/TimCollins-4-768x576.jpeg 768w, 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