COLLINS, Lionel
| Service Number: | 936 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bega, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Bega, Bega Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Egypt, 29 March 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 936, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 936, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Lionel COLLINS, (Service Number 936) born in Bega in 1892, gave his ‘trade or calling’ as ‘labourer’ when he enlisted in the AIF in Sydney in August 1914. He worked for the NSW Government Railways.
He died in Heliopolis (Cairo) of measles and pneumonia on 29 March 1915. He was buried in the British Protestant Cemetery, Cairo.
The Southern Star, Bega, reported in April 1919 that ‘Several beautiful wreaths were hanging on the Bega Honour Roll yesterday…, and last week there were wreaths in memory of Private Lionel Collins, who was the first Bega district soldier to die overseas. War news brighter, and we’re not downhearted yet!’
Submitted 5 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Lionel COLLINS, (Service Number 936 was born in Bega in 1892. He gave his occupation as ‘labourer’ when he enlisted in the AIF in Sydney in August 1914. He worked for the NSW Giovernment Railways.
He embarked from Sydney in October 1914. He in Heliopolis (Cairo) of measles and pneumonia on 29th March 1915. He was buried in the British Protestant Cemetery, Cairo.
The Southern Star, Bega, reported in April 1919 that ‘Several beautiful wreaths were hanging on the Bega Honour Roll yesterday…, and last week there were wreaths in memory of Private Lionel Collins, who was the first Bega district soldier to die overseas. War news brighter, and we’re not downhearted yet!’
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Statiion Honour Board
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