Regimental number | 2763 |
True Name | COLLINS |
School | Hyde Street State School, Footscray, Victoria |
Religion | Baptist |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Empress Avenue, Footscray, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, Anthony Rogers, Empress Avenue, Footscray, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in the Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 23rd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/40/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Place of burial | Serre Road Cemetery No. 2 (Plot IX, Row C, Grave No. 1), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 98 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Patrick and Mary COLLINS. Native of Footscray, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Step-brothers: 22442 Driver Anthony ROGERS, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, killed in action, 20 October 1917; 2844 Pte Harry Ernest ROGERS, 59th Bn, killed in action, 19 July 1916. |
Other details | True family Name : COLLINS, Leslie Joseph (served as ROGERS) |