James COLLINS

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Service Number:	1007
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, Middelburg Cemetery Boer War Victorian Mounted Infantry Memorial

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 1007
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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