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Charles COLLINS

Regimental number5073
Place of birthRedfern, New South Wales
SchoolRedfern Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDriver
Address34 Cooper Street, Waterloo, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinSister, Mrs A M Collins, 34 Cooper Stret, Waterloo, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in Compulsory Training.
Enlistment date11 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Makarini on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 21 August 1919
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death18.5
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialPuchevilles British Cemetery (Plot II, Row G, Grave No. 37), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
39
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Albert and Emily Violet Mary COLLINS
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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