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Ernest Walter COLLIER

Regimental number5352
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolSurry Hills South Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationHatter's assistant
AddressRosebank, Railway Parade, West Kogarah, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, G Collier, Rosebank, Railway Parade, West Kogarah, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in Citizen Military Forces
Enlistment date27 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 14 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll56th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 4 September 1918
Place of death or woundingPeronne, France
Date of death6 September 1918
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot VII, Row B, Grave No. 116), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
162
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Ellen COLLIER, 26 Montgomery Street, Kogarah, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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