Ernest James Andrew COLLINS

Badge Number: S74315, Sub Branch: Prospect
S74315

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 Great War Roll of Honor, North Adelaide Baptist Church Honour Roll, South Australian Garden of Remembrance
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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 (WW2) , Private, S68261
2 Feb 1943: Discharged

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