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COLLINS, Andrew Paul
(Service number 67520)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	14/06/1887	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Wyndham, Southland
Occupation	Ploughman
Previous Military Experience	City Rifles Timaru
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	A. COLLINS (father), 61 North Street, Timaru
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	35th Reinforcements B Company
Date	2 March 1918
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Southampton, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals	Plaque & Scroll
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	1 September 1918	Age
Place of Death
Cause	Killed in action, in the Field
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Bancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calasi, France
Memorial Reference	I. G. 6.
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

Son of Andrew & Margaret COLLINS. Brother of Bernard killed in action

Sources

Cenotaph Database [28 July 2013], N Z Defence Force Personnel Records Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5530 0026924) [28 July 2013]; CWGC [28 July 2013]

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