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Frank Edward COLLINS

Regimental number2248
Place of birthLondon, England
Age on arrival in Australia22
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTram conductor
Addressc/o Miss A B Klopper, 32 Gilbert Street, Gilberton, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinUncle, H G Collins, 52 Hagleigh Road, Leigh on Sea, Essex, England
Previous military serviceServed in the London Territorials.
Enlistment date25 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 23 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateDied of disease 18 October 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death18 October 1915
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialGibralter (North Front) Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 3152), Europe
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
58
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Annie COLLINS. Native of Thornton Heath, England
Family/military connectionsCousin: Cyril COLLINS, 17th Bn, wounded and gassed.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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