Bernard COLLINS DCM

COLLINS, Bernard

    Service Number: 820
    Enlisted: 22 March 1915
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 21st Infantry Battalion
    Born: Cowwarr, Wellington - Victoria, Australia, 1896
    Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Pastry cook
    Memorials:
    Show Relationships

    World War 1 Service

    22 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 820
    10 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 820, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    10 May 1915: Embarked Private, 820, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    26 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 21st Infantry Battalion

    Help us honour Bernard Collins's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

    Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

    Recommended for Victoria Cross, awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal

    Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

    Distinguished Conduct Medal

    'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He went forward alone and succeeded in putting an enemy machine gun out of action. He set a splendid example of courage and determination.'
    Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 140
    Date: 27 August 1917

    Showing 3 of 3 images.
    Click images to start slideshow.

    Links and Documents