COLLINS, John Donald
| Service Number: | 7460 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 10 August 1888 |
| Home Town: | West Wallsend, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway porter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 September 1918, aged 30 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
| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 7460, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 31 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 7460, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
John Donald COLLINS, (Service Number 7460) was born 10 Aug 1888 at Newcastle. He spent two years working with the NSWGR at Newcastle as a porter before being released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces in August 1917. He left Australia in October on HMAT ‘Euripides’.
Submitted 5 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
John Donald COLLINS, (Service Number 7460) was born 10th Aug 1888 at Newcastle. He spent two years working with the NSWGR at Newcastle as a porter before being released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces in August 1917. He left Australia in October on HMAT ‘Euripides’.
He was missing in action in France on 11th September 1918. He was pronounced killed in action by a Court of Enquiry at Acoz, Belgium on 22nd February 1919.
Since the exact circumstances of his death were never established, and his body not located, he has no grave and is recorded on the memorial at Villers-Bretonneux.
- Based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board