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Harold David COLLINS

Regimental number129
Place of birthBairnsdale, Victoria
SchoolBairnsdale District School of Mines
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMetallurgist
AddressPicnic Point, Bairnsdale, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinFather, David Collins, Picnic Point, Bairinsdale, Victoria
Enlistment date17 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 1 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialSerre Road Cemetery No. 2 (Plot XXV, Row G, Grave No. 7), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
93
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Caroline COLLINS, Bairnsdale, Victoria

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