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Hugh Charles COLLINS

Regimental number854
Place of birthGisborne, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Address9 Sutherland Road, Armadale
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinSister, Mrs Jess Collins, 9 Sutherland Road, Armadale, Victoria
Enlistment date20 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Name does not appear on Nominal Roll
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death22
Place of burialLongueau British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 3), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
101
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Alice COLLINS. Native of Gisborne, Victoria

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