Leo Paul COLLINS

COLLINS, Leo Paul

    Service Numbers: 1142, N154638
    Enlisted: 11 September 1914, Adelaide, South Australia
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 32nd (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
    Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 29 June 1892
    Home Town: Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
    Schooling: Marist Brothers College,Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Butcher
    Died: Natural causes, Belmont, New South Wales, Australia, 9 May 1952, aged 59 years
    Cemetery: Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium)
    East Garden Wall next to wife
    Memorials: Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    11 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1142, Adelaide, South Australia
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1142, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1142, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1142, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli
    16 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1142, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)

    World War 2 Service

    23 Jun 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N154638, 32nd (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
    30 Sep 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N154638, 32nd (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

    WW1 Veteran

    World War 1 Veteran
    Sargeant Leo Paul Collins Service Number 1142
    Born Bendigo Victoria June 1892
    Enlisted Sep 11th 1914 South Australia
    16th Infantry Battalion
    Survived all the way from Gallipoli and married a Scottish girl in Edinburgh at the end of the war.
    Moved to Newcastle and worked on the coke ovens at the BHP.

    Submitted 20 July 2024 by Colin Fordham

    Marriage Edinburgh

    Married Flora Elsie George MacDonald in Edinburgh June 22nd 1918. Had a daughter Flora Jean. All three sailed for Australia aboard the SS Freidrichsruh. Flora's brother John Robert MacDonald (Private) arrived in Queensland around 1912. Enlisted at Rockhampton. Buried at Ari Burnu cemetery ANZAC Cove.

    Submitted 24 January 2017 by Colin Fordham

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