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Colin Ernest PERKINS

Regimental number2014
Place of birthEast Melbourne, Victoria
SchoolState School, Malvern Road, Hawksburn, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPacker
Address247 Barkly Street, St Kilda, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 6.75"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinMrs Alice Ethel Perkins, 247 Barkly Street, St Kilda, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the 49th Infantry, Prahran, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date15 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll11 January 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 17 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*given name two spellings Colin and Collin
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 17), Australian Cemetery, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
168
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred Joseph and Alice Ethel PERKINS, 17 Mitchell Street, St. Kilda, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2421 Pte Eric PERKINS, 59th Bn, killed in action, 19 July 1916.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Joined 7th Bn, Gallipoli, 5 August 1915.

Admitted to 3rd Field Ambulance Advanced Dressing Station, 4 September 1915 (gastro-enteritis); discharged to duty and rejoined Bn, 7 September 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 7 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Transferred to 59th Bn, 24 February 1916, and taken on strength, Tel el Kebir.

Admitted to 8th Field Ambulance, South Rail Head, 12 May 1916 (flat feet and corns); transferred to 14th Field Ambulance, Ferry Post, 13 May 1916; to 8th Field Ambulance, 15 May 1916; to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 15 May 1916; discharged to unit, and rejoined unit, 16 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presumed Buried In No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, PERKINS Colin Ernest

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