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COLLINS, Ernest James Andrew

Service Numbers:	11071, S68261
Enlisted:	24 December 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 5 December 1894
Home Town:	North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Postal assistant
Died:	Natural causes, South Australia, 19 July 1982, aged 87 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Adelaide Officers of S.A. Post, Telegraph and Telephone Department HR, North Adelaide Baptist Church Honour Roll, South Australian Garden of Remembrance

World War 1 Service

24 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 11071
9 Jun 1916:	Embarked Driver, 11071, 3rd Divisional Train, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
9 Jun 1916:	Involvement Driver, 11071, 3rd Divisional Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
9 Jun 1916:	Involvement Driver, 11071, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
9 Jun 1916:	Embarked Driver, 11071, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Driver, 11071

World War 2 Service

1 Apr 1942:	Involvement Private, S68261, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
1 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
1 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S68261
2 Feb 1943:	Discharged

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