COLLIS, Sidney
| Service Number: | 5307 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Islington St Mark's Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5307, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5307, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Sidney COLLIS, (Service Number 5307) born in Sydney, was a 26-year-old who declared his ‘trade or calling’ as ‘carpenter and joiner’ when he enlisted in the AIF in Sydney in 1916. He also stated that he had been an apprentice in the NSW Government Railways.
Submitted 5 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Sidney COLLIS, (Service Number 5307) was born in Sydney. He enlisted at 26 years of age to the AIF in Sydney in 1916.. He declared his occupation as ‘carpenter and joiner. He also stated that he had been an apprentice in the NSW Government Railways.
He embarked from Sydney in August 1916. He landed in England in October. He was sent to France in November,. He joined his battalion in France in January 1917. He spent some time in hospital with ‘trench feet’ in February-March, and a week with ‘otitis media’ later in March. He rejoined his unit on 1 April. On 3rd May he was reported wounded in action. One month later this was amended to wounded and missing. In August the report was amended to ‘killed in action’.
He has no known grave. He is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board