COLL, Edward Aloysius
| Service Number: | 1523 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland, 13 August 1896 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Student |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 29 July 1916, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery Plot III, Row A, Grave No. 6 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1523, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1523, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1523, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Edward had been raised in Ireland and from his Roll of Honour form appears to have come to Australia in about 1912.
Edward arrived on Gallipoli 4 September 1915 with the 28th Battalion, as did his brother 35 Private James Coll of the same Battalion. James was evacuated in three weeks with dysentery and died at sea only 4 days late, aged 24. Edward lasted until 14 October 1915, when he too was evacuated with dysentery and enteric fever. He recovered in time to travel with the 28th Battalion to the Western Front.
Edward died during the very fighting at Pozieres on 29 July 1916. His remains were reinterred during 1923 in the Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery.
The brothers had both been born in Ramelton, County Donegal, Ireland and their father James was living in Glasgow, Scotland at the time of their deaths.