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COLLINS, Francis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4348 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 19 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yackandandah, Victoria, Australia, January 1880 |
| Home Town: | Yackandandah, Indigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Osborne's Flat State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Teacher |
| Died: | Prisoner of War, Main Dressing Station, Wurtemberg, San: Komp S1,France, 12 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Vis-En-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt Plot XI, Row D, Grave 4 Headstone Inscription "BELOVED SON OF DENIS & ELIZA COLLINS YACKANDANDAH R.I.P.", |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Yackandandah Back Creek State School WW1 Honour Roll, Yackandandah Memorial Gates |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4348, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4348, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4348, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
| 14 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Apr 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 4348, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4348 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-04-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Denis and Eliza COLLINS. Born at Yackandandah, Victoria, Australia.
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