Leslie COLLIER

COLLIER, Leslie

    Other Name: Collier, Thomas Leslie - Service Records
    Service Numbers: 4362, 4362A
    Enlisted: 11 August 1915
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 54th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bowning, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
    Home Town: Berry, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales
    Schooling: Bowning Public School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Bank Clerk
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916
    Cemetery: Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys
    Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 7
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Berry Honour Roll, Sydney Commonwealth Bank of Australia Great War Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    11 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4362
    20 Dec 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4362, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
    20 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4362, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4362A, 54th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4362A awm_unit: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19 - 1916-07-20

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    Leslie was the son of Stephen Bolton Collier and Susannah Prout MacDonald Collier; and husband of Lily Carrington Collier, of Summer Hill, NSW. He had an infant daughter when he was killed at Fromelles.

    His older brother, who was born Frederick Rowley Collier but served as 4096 Pte. Frederick Rowley-Collier 30th Battalion AIF, was later killed in action at Passchendaele in Belgium on 13 October 1917.

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