Percy William COLLINS

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COLLINS, Percy William

Service Number:	163
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 7 October 1876
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Estate Agent
Memorials:

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 163, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 163, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
5 May 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 163, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902.

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Percy William Collins also served in WW1 as a Private S.N. 714 in the 13th Machine Gun Company. He noted on his WW1 service record Attestation Form his previous service in the South African (Boer) War.

He was born on 7 Oct 1876 at Ipswich, Queensland, a son to Daniel Collins and Ann Elizabeth Kendall Collins (nee Hughes). He married Helen (Nell) Maud Hodge on 28 Oct 1911 at Sherwood, Queensland, and they had one child.

(source- AWM Boer Wr Nominal Roll, Murray p. 496; National Archives- WW1 service records).

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