Regimental number | 2014 |
Place of birth | East Melbourne, Victoria |
School | State School, Malvern Road, Hawksburn, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Packer |
Address | 247 Barkly Street, St Kilda, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Height | 5' 6.75" |
Weight | 147 lbs |
Next of kin | Mrs Alice Ethel Perkins, 247 Barkly Street, St Kilda, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in the 49th Infantry, Prahran, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 7th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/24/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 59th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *given name two spellings Colin and Collin |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.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 connections | Brother: 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 |
Sources | NAA: B2455, PERKINS Colin Ernest |