COLLINS, George Henry
Service Number: | 6064 |
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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 |
World War 1 Service
2 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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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.