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COLLINS, Leo Paul
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1142 |
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Enlisted: | 11 September 1914, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, June 1892 |
Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Butcher |
Died: | Natural causes, Belmont, New South Wales, Australia, 9 May 1952 |
Cemetery: |
Beresfield Crematorium, NSW East Garden Wall next to wife |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
11 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1142, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1142, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1142, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1142, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
16 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1142, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Personal Stories
Marriage Edinburgh
Married Flora Elsie George MacDonald in Edinburgh June 22nd 1918. Had a daughter Flora Jean. All three sailed for Australia aboard the SS Freidrichsruh. Flora's brother John Robert MacDonald (Private) arrived in Queensland around 1912. Enlisted at Rockhampton. Buried at Ari Burnu cemetery ANZAC Cove.
Submitted 24 January 2017 by Colin Fordham