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COLLINS, James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1007 |
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Enlisted: | 15 January 1901 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles |
Born: | Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 18 May 1879 |
Home Town: | Magpie, Ballarat North, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Boundary Rider |
Died: | Killed in Action, Wilmansrust, Wilmansrust, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 12 June 1901, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Old Middelburg Municipal Cemetery, Mpumalanga, South Africa |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Brighton War Memorial |
Service History
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 1007 | |
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1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 1007, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles | |
15 Jan 1901: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1007, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles | |
15 Feb 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1007, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles | |
12 Jun 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 1007, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, Killed in Action. |
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