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COLLINS, Charles Albert Victor

Service Number:	4977
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stawell, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Stawell, Northern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Platelayer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 9 December 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Stawell War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

7 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4977, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4977, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
9 Dec 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4977, 5th Infantry Battalion, Killed by artillery in trench line at Gueudecourt. Buried behind trench line. (Red Cross ref 1DRL428-00007-0770607)

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