COLLINGS, Lionel Chapman
| Service Number: | 1219 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Ironmonger's assistant |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 1 May 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Serre Road Cemetery No.1 Plot IV, Row H, Grave No. 9 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 1219, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Driver, 1219, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Driver, 1219, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane | |
| 1 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 1219, 26th Infantry Battalion, SW to head. Evacuated to 6th Aust Field Ambulance where he died of his wounds later the same day. |
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From Sue Guinan: Tasmania – The Great War 1914-1918
COLLINGS, LIONEL CHAPMAN.
Born 11th October 1897 Zeehan Tasmania the son of James Chapman and Lillie Blanche Collings (nee Allwright) a clerk he embarked Brisbane 29th June 1915 on board “HMAT Aeneas” with the 26th Infantry Battalion.
He had served with senior cadets for 4 years and had been rejected once because of teeth. He was only 18 years of age when he was accepted for service.
He was admitted to the 6th Australian Field Ambulance 1st May 1918 with a shell wound to the head and died the same day.
He was buried in the Serre Road Cemetery No 1, Beaumont Hamel, Hamel Area, France.
FAREWELL TO HOBART HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEER. .
The old scholars of the Hobart High School tendered a farewell social on Saturday evening to one of their number, Lionel Collings, who has been accepted for the war. With a number of the present scholars they met at the Memorial-hall, and after some enjoyable items contributed by the staff and scholars, Mr. Mitchell, on behalf of the school, presented Mr. Collings with a vest-pocket camera as a memento of his sojourn at the High School.. Mention was made of the many qualities that had endeared him to his school-fellows, and the good wishes of all present were tendered to this, the school's first volunteer for the front.- The school song and the National Anthem brought a successful evening to a close.
The Mercury 28th April 1915
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