Percy COLLIER

Regimental number1057
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCasemaker
Address188 Albert Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 5.25"
Weight141 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs S Collier, 188 Albert Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve.
Enlistment date19 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 9 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll30th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 19 July 1915; taken on strength 30th Bn 19 October 1915; 30th Bn MG Section 19 March 1916.
FateKilled in Action 20 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFromelles, France
Age at death22
Place of burialRue-Petillon Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row K, Grave No. 68), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
116
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 9 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 11 December 1915.

Transferred to Machine Gun Section, 30th Bn, Ferry Post, 19 March 1916.

Admitted to No 8 Field Ambulance, Moascar, 29 May 1916 (malaria); discharged, 2 June 1916; rejoined unit, Moascar, 3 June 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Killed in action, 20 July 1916.

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

1914-15 Star issued by Navy.
Miscellaneous detailsMother's address subsequently, 14 Murdock Street, West Brunswick, Victoria; then, 160 Liardet Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria
SourcesNAA: B2455, COLLIER Percy