COLLIER, James Douglas Archer
| Service Number: | 3171 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 July 1915, 9 months Senior cadets |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hamilton, Tasmania, Australia, April 1893 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Hobart Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3171, 15th Infantry Battalion, 9 months Senior cadets | |
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| 16 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3171, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3171, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 18 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3171, 47th Infantry Battalion, 6th MD |
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From Regimental Books - Australian Military History
We Remember Today the life and service of 3171 Sergeant (Sgt) James Douglas Archer Collier, 10th Reinforcements, 15th Battalion, of Hobart, Tasmania.
Sgt Collier enlisted on 27 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Port Lincoln on 16 October 1915. He was transferred to the 47th Battalion on 3 March 1916. Sgt Collier was captured on 12 October 1917 and listed as missing on 13 October 1917.
He was a prisoner of war interned at the Reserve Lazarett 3 Barracks, in Lubeck, Germany.
He was promoted to Lieutenant (Lt) on 15 August 1918 and repatriated at Denmark on 16 January 1919. Lt Collier arrived in England on 6 February 1919 and returned to Australia on 7 September 1919.
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