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Lionel Chapman COLLINGS

Regimental number1219
Place of birthZeehan, Tasmania
SchoolState High School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationIronmongers assistant
Address40 Bath Street, Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Lillian Collings, 40 Bath Street, Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania
Previous military serviceServed in Cadets.
Enlistment date9 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll1 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit name26th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 May 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death1 May 1918
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialSerre Road Cemetery No. 1 (Plot IV, Row H, Grave No. 9), Beaumont-Hamel, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
107
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Lilian Blanche COLLINGS, 40 Bath Street, Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania
Discharge date\

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