Arthur Turner COLLINS

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Service Number:	782
Enlisted:	21 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Paddock, Huddersfield, England, 1892
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sailor
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 4 August 1915
Cemetery:	Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 1, Row E, Grave 8 Chaplain A.G. Talbot officiated, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

21 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 782, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 782, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 782, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney

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Next of kin given as his friend Will Gilbert of 5 Clarence Street, Sydney, NSW. Legatee of his will was Miss Irene Flew of Mossman, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal