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Roy Gordon COLLIN

Regimental number5327
Place of birthGawler, South Australia
ReligionBaptist
OccupationLabourer
AddressGawler South, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Sarah A Collin, Queen's Street, Gawler South, South Australia
Enlistment date25 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 12 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 5 September 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance
Family/military connectionsBrother: 6652 Driver Arthur COLLIN, 2nd Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 21 July 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death25 June 1944

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