COLLIER, Harold
| Service Numbers: | 1336, 1484 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 November 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle New South Wales Australia , January 1891 |
| Home Town: | Wickham, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cooks Hill Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Wickham, New South Wales, Australia, 19 September 1953, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-01. 123. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1336, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1336, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1336, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Melbourne | |
| 9 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1484, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to left leg | |
| 5 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1484, 4th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
68 years ago today, on the Monday morning of the 21st September 1953, Private Harold Cecil Collier (known as Cec), 4th Battalion (Reg No-1484), labourer from 30 Union Street, Wickham, New South Wales and 43 Throsby Street, Wickham, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age about 62. ANGLICAN 1-01. 123.
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales about 1891 to Thomas and Julia Collier, Cec enlisted November 1914 at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 12.8.1916 (lymphangitis).
Cec returned home December 1919, being discharged on the 5th March 1920.
His service record indicates that he was far from being an exemplary soldier, and therefore he was not eligible for War Medals, which were automatically forfeited.
Mr. Collier’s name has been inscribed (as Cecil Collier) on the Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Carrington Football Club Roll of Honor, Carrington Citizens' Memorial Gates and the Wickham St. James' Anglican Church Honour Roll (photo, unveiled on the 14th November 1920, 36 names inscribed, 6 Fallen). Name not inscribed on the Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board (1).
There is a small plaque at the family gravesite to tell us that Cecil is resting here, so October 2020 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
Lest We Forget.
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