Regimental number | 4408 |
Place of birth | Upper North Pine, Queensland |
School | Breakfast Creek and Bowen Bridge Road State Schools, Queensland |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Sheet Metal worker |
Address | Brisbane, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Jane Collins, Grove Street, Albion, Brisbane, Queensland |
Previous military service | Served 2 years in Qld Rifles. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 25th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/42/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Star of Victoria on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 25th Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Villers-Bretonneux, France |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 26 |
Place of burial | Vignacourt British Cemetery (Plot V, Row E, Grave No. 18), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 104 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William James and jane COLLINS, Bridge Street, Albion, Queensland. Native of Upper North Pine, Queensland |
Family/military connections | Cousins: George White, died of illness Egypt November 1918; J. Maguire, killed Messines 7 June 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |