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COLLISON, Ernest Victor
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4759 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 23 November 1916, Enlisted at Rutherford, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Scone, New South Wales, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Moonan Flat, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 28 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 31, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Scone Barwick House War Memorial Arch |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4759, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rutherford, NSW | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 4759, 30th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 4759, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 20 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Machine Gun Company , Transferred from the 30th Battalion to the 21st Machine Gun Company at Grantham | |
| 28 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 4759, 21st Machine Gun Company , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4759 awm_unit: 21st Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Collison of Moonan Flat near Scone, NSW. Brother of Frank Harrington Collison who returned to Australia on 12 June 1919 having served with the 33rd Battalion
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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