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Francis COLLINS

Regimental number4348
Date of birth1878
Place of birthOsborne's Flat, Victroia
Place of birthYackandandah, Victoria
SchoolOsborne's Flat State School, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationTeacher
AddressOsborne Flat, Yackandandah, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinSister, Mrs N Bluntish, Osborne Flat, Yackandandah, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date4 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll19 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

2 March 1917


Recommendation date: "Unspecified"

FateDied of wounds 12 April 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death40
Age at death from cemetery records40
Place of burialVis-En-Artois British Cemetery (Plot XI, Row D, Grave No. 4), Haucourt, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
72
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Denis and Eliza COLLINS
Family/military connectionsNephew: 58 Pte Thomas Joseph COLLINS, 38th Bn, killed in action, 13 January 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Died of wounds whilst a prisoner of war.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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