COLLINS, Michael William
| Service Number: | 2154 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, January 1892 |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Gympie Grammar School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium , 19 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundaberg War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2154, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2154, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2154, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane |
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From 52nd Battalion AIF
Pte Michael COLLINS was married to Ellen (nee Doble) when he enlisted in March 1916. He was on board HMAT A42 Boorara on 16 August with the 4th Reinforcements to the 52nd Bn. After arriving in England in October, he was sick in hospital with the mumps before proceeding to France in January 1917. Taken on strength with the 52nd on 15 January. He was given 28 days Field Punishment for misbehaving on a march in June. The next entry in his service record was killed in action. It appears that he was bringing rations up to the front line about 6am when he and Cyril Perrin were killed by a shell explosion.
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