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COLLINS, Richard James

Service Numbers:	2239, 2240
Enlisted:	19 July 1915, Claremont, Tas.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tas., 1890
Home Town:	Derwent Park, Glenorchy, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher's Assistant
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 1 Service

19 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2239, 26th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tas.
27 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2240, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
27 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2240, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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Biography

Son of James Collins, The Abbatoire, Derwent Park, Tasmania