COLLINS, Alfred James
| Service Number: | 368 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Enlisted at Seymour, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, 10 October 1895 |
| Home Town: | Stanley, Indigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Wangaratta Agricultural High School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | School Teacher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No.2 Outpost Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey Special Memorial, Grave 19 Headstone inscription reads: Lead kindly light lead Thou me on, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beechworth Shire WW1 Honour Roll, Beechworth War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 368, Enlisted at Seymour, Victoria | |
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| 30 Sep 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Prior to embarkation | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 368, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 368, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 31 Dec 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, Promoted while overseas in London, England | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement 368, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 368 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-04-25 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Cornelius William and Emma Theresa Collind of 'Trewalla', Stanley, Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Citizen Forces and the Senior Cadets
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Informant states that casualty was on board the Transport “Galeka” and went into the boat with Alexander, Dunstan and Junier who were all drowned under the same circumstances as far as the informant knows, as he did not see them again. Informant states that B.Coy of the 7th Battalion had six boat loads set out from the “Galeka” and that only three and a half of these landed. One boat was actually sunk with all on board killed and wounded. 1004 Corporal Joseph Carlile 7th Bn. AIF.
Biography contributed by Andreena Hockley
Alfred J. Collins, son of Mrs. E.T. Collins, of Stanley, was born on the 15th of October, 1895. He attended the Wangaratta Agricultural High School in 1910 and 1911. He was appointed junior teacher at School No. 1706, Euroa, in 1912, and he ceased duty in 1914 to join the Expeditionary Forces. He was a good, careful, forcible teacher, industrious, and anxious to do well.
Having enlisted on the 18th of August, 1914, he embarked as a Corporal with the 7th Battalion on the transport Hororata on the 19th of October. He was trained for some time in Egypt, he proceeded with his unit to Gallipoli, and was killed on or about the 2nd of May, 1915.
Source: The Education Department's Record of War Service, Victoria, 1914-1919.
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