COLLINS, Martin
| Service Number: | 1521 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 April 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, 24 July 1891 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tram conductor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 November 1916, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1521, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1521, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1521, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1521, 19th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Martin COLLINS, (Service Number 1521) born in Sydney in 1891, joined the Tramways as a conductor in 1912. He was released from duty on the Tramways in April 1915 to join the AIF at Liverpool and joined the 19th Battalion at Gallipoli in August 1915.
Submitted 5 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Martin COLLINS, (Service Number 1521) was born in Sydney in 1891, joined the Tramways as a conductor in 1912. He was released from duty on the Tramways in April 1915 to join the AIF at Liverpool. He joined the 19th Battalion at Gallipoli in August 1915. He was sent to hospital there in November.
In the following month he was in hospital in Malta with jaundice. He was discharged to active service in February 1916. After further training in Egypt, he was sent to France in May. He caught up with his battalion there in June. On 11th November 1916 he was killed in action.
He has no known grave but is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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