Arthur Turner COLLINS

COLLINS, Arthur Turner

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
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World War 1 Service

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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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

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