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Leslie Thomas COLLINS

Regimental number4408
Place of birthUpper North Pine, Queensland
SchoolBreakfast Creek and Bowen Bridge Road State Schools, Queensland
ReligionMethodist
OccupationSheet Metal worker
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jane Collins, Grove Street, Albion, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed 2 years in Qld Rifles.
Enlistment date20 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Star of Victoria on 31 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 10 August 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Date of death10 August 1918
Age at death26
Place of burialVignacourt 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 connectionsCousins: 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

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