Alfred Edward COLLINS

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Service Number:	VX2053
Enlisted:	27 October 1939
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	9th Divisional Supply Column (AASC)
Born:	Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 24 July 1914
Home Town:	Preston, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Driver
Died:	Preston, Darebin - Victoria, Australia, 8 March 1974, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Preston Public Cemetery, Victoria Plot P, Grave 12383B.
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

27 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, VX2053
13 Apr 1941:	Imprisoned Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre, Escaped from Italian Prisoner Of War Camp 106 PM 3100. Entered Switzerland 11th October 1943.
13 Aug 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, VX2053, 9th Divisional Supply Column (AASC)

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