Editing Hal Colebatch (section)

==Personal life==
Although he was brought up Anglican, he was not an active member of any church and his religious beliefs were vague and undefined.{{sfn|De Garis|1962|p=14}}

Colebatch married Mary Maud Saunders (1869–1940) on 29 April 1896 in St George's Cathedral.<ref name="Parliament biography">{{cite web |title=Hal Pateshall Colebatch |url=https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/(Lookup)/9D28B3572961F5EF482577E50028A574 |website=Parliament of Western Australia |access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref> They had two sons: Harley Colebatch and Gordon Lindsay Colebatch. Both sons fought in France during [[World War I]] and Gordon was severely injured by a [[Shell (projectile)|shell]] burst.{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=53}} Mary Maud Saunders died on 20 January 1940.<ref name="Parliament biography" />{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=228}}

At a social function at Parliament House, Colebatch met Marion Frances Gibson (1911–1975), an Army Nursing Sister{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=234}} and daughter of politician [[Frank Gibson (politician)|Frank Gibson]].{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=260}} They married at [[St Andrew's Church, Perth]], on either 21 or 22 December 1944<ref name="Australian Dictionary of Biography"/><ref name="Parliament biography" />{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=260}} and had one son together: [[Hal Gibson Pateshall Colebatch]].<ref name="Parliament biography" />