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Hugh COLLINS

Regimental number2114
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland
SchoolState School, Melbourne,Victoria
Age on arrival in Australia7
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationMiner
AddressMerton Road, South Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinWife, Mrs Alice May Collins, Merton Road, South Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date2 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A26 Armadale on 20 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 29 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Date of death29 July 1916
Age at death36
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialCourcelette British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row F, Grave No. 20), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
107
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Hugh and Mary COLLINS; husband of Alice May COLLINS, Dunellan Street, Dunellan East, Brisbane, Queensland. Native of Scotland

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