Coming Soon.
COLLINS, William Robert
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3354 |
---|---|
Enlisted: | 27 October 1916, Rockhampton, Qld. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Rockhampton, Qld., 1896 |
Home Town: | Gladstone, Gladstone, Queensland |
Schooling: | Parson Street State School |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 August 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Derry House Cemetery No.2 II C 4, Derry House Cemetery No 2, Messines, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
27 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3354, 47th Infantry Battalion, Rockhampton, Qld. | |
---|---|---|
24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3354, 47th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3354, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney |
Personal Stories
Help us honour William Robert Collins's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William and Annie Louisa COLLINS, Parson's Point, Queensland.
Mrs. Collins, of Parsons Point, Gladstone, has been advised that her son, Private William Robert collins, was killed in action in France on Thursday, August 9. The deceased was well known in Gladstone district, and was very popular in sporting circles.