COLLINS, Leslie Thomas Ralph
| Service Number: | 9510 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Ashton, South Australia, 10 March 1896 |
| Home Town: | Ashton, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Basket Range Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Broncho-pneumonia, France, 29 December 1916, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Heilly Station Cemetery VI.H.3 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Basket Range WW1 Memorial, Norton Summit Uraidla Methodist Sunday School Roll of Honor, Summertown Cemetery Memorial Arch Gates, Uraidla & Districts Roll of Honour 1, Uraidla War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 9510, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 9510, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Adelaide, South Australia | |
| 22 Nov 1915: | Embarked Driver, 9510, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne |
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NOTE: Enlisted (recordsearch.naa.gov.au), Embarked (www.awm.gov.au) and served overseas under the name 'Leslie Collins', full name was actually 'Leslie Thomas Ralph Collins'.
THE LATE DRIVER L. T. R. COLLINS.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Collins, of Basket Range, have received news that their eldest son, Driver Leslie Thomas Ralph Collins, died of pneumonia on December 29 in France. Driver Collins enlisted from Basket Range in August, 1915, and proceeded to Melbourne and trained with the Field Artillery. He left for Egypt in November the same year, and left Egypt for France with the first Australian troops. He saw service in both Belgium and France. For his manliness he was held in high esteem, and great sympathy is felt for his parents and family. The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA) Friday 26 January 1917 (trove.nla.gov.au)
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