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Eric Arthur COLLINS

Place of birthAlbert Park, Victoria
SchoolChristchurch School, South Yarra, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address236 Williams Road, Toorak, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Collins, 236 Williams Road, Toorak, Victoria
Previous military service25th Battery Australian Field Artillery
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 2, Reinforcement 9
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/30/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 9 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCaptain
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Division Artillery
FateDied of wounds 4 May 1917
Place of death or woundingBapaume, Somme Sector, France
Age at death28
Place of burialGrevillers British Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 20), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
17
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George Washington and Mary COLLINS, 236 Williams Road, Toorak, Victoria
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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