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COLLINS, Edward Ernest Robert Victor

Service Number:	3141
Enlisted:	1 September 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Uraidla, South Australia, 30 March 1890
Home Town:	Maylands (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling:	Public School, Uraidla, South Australia
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 14 October 1917, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide Maylands Methodist Church Honor Roll (Book), Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crafers WW1 Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Norton Summit Uraidla Methodist Sunday School Roll of Honor, St Peters Heroes War Memorial, Uraidla & Districts Roll of Honour 1, Uraidla War Memorial

World War 1 Service

1 Sep 1916:	Enlisted
16 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 3141, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 3141, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide

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