George Henry COLLINS

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Service Number:	6064
Enlisted:	2 October 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Albany, Western Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Borrika, Karoonda East Murray, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Locomotive engine driver
Died:	Killed in Action, Noreuil, France, 3 May 1917
Cemetery:	Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 9, Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Karoonda Borrika District WW1 Honour Board, Karoonda District Roll of Honor, Karoonda Roll of Honor, Loxton and District Great War Roll of Honor

2 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
6 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6064, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
6 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6064, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
Date unknown:	Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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His brother 6065 Private Norman Russell Collins of the 27th Battalion was killed in action on 3 May 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA: 1889 - 1931) Saturday 7 July 1917

DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE

COLLINS.— Killed in action in France on May 3, Private G. H. Collins and Private N. R Collins, sons, of Mr. and Mrs. R. Collins, of Borrika.

Under the flag with the five-starred cross,

The pride of the Southern sea.

They laid down their lives in the deadly strife,

To keep Australia free.

In a soldier's grave they lay sleeping,

Two of earth's bravest and best;

In our hearts we shall miss them for ever,

Though we know they are only at rest.

—Inserted by their loving parents and sisters.