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COLLINS, Rupert John

Service Number:	1112
Enlisted:	7 October 1914, Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Penshurst, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Penshurst, Southern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer / Carrier
Died:	28 August 1952, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis)

World War 1 Service

7 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1112, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1112, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1112, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Joseph and Maud Collins, Cox Street, Penshurst, Victoria