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COLLINS, Walter George
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 6981, 8981 |
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Enlisted: | 26 October 1916 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Gum Creek, South Australia , 30 December 1892 |
Home Town: | Farrell Flat, South Australia |
Schooling: | Farrell Flat Public School, South Australia |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 18 September 1918, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Letter 9/5/1919 buried Jeancourt. Letter 21/7/1922 No trace on research....War Graves Nat.Arch., Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Booborowie Leighton WW1 Roll of Honor, Burra District WW1 Honor Roll, Burra Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Burra Hanson Public School Roll of Honor, Farrell Flat Memorial Hall, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
26 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 6981, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
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16 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, SN 8981, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
16 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, SN 8981, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide | |
18 Sep 1918: | Involvement Private, SN 6981, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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