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COLLINS, Walter Herbert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | QX10196 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 24 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/11th Field Company / Squadron RAE |
| Born: | Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia , 3 March 1913 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Truck Driver |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 26 February 1945, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 24. Row C. Grave 5. Inscription: "HIS DUTY FEARLESSY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED”. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW2, Toowoomba WW2 Roll of Honour Book, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sapper, QX10196 | |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Jun 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 24 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX10196 | |
| 17 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Ambon, Died at Tan Toey (Tantui) P.O.W. Camp, Ambon Island whilst a prisoner of the Japanese Occupation Force. Nature of death recorded as beri beri. | |
| 26 Feb 1945: | Discharged | |
| 26 Feb 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, 2nd/11th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Ambon, Member of Gull Force (Ambon). |
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