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COLLINS, Alfred
(Service number 3020)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	30 September 1915	Age	25 years 1 month
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Cook
Previous Military Experience	Expeditionary Force
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Miss Ann DUNLEA (friend), Empire Hotel, Brisbane, Queensland
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 10½ inches. Weight 175 lbs. Chest measurement 31-35½ inches. Complexion dark. Eyes dark brown. Hair black. Scar front left forearm.

Military Service

Served with	Australian Imperial Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	15th Battalion
Unit, Squadron, or Ship
Date
Transport
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals	1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Death

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Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Alfred COLLINS says that he was born in about 1890 at Timaru. He also says that he is married, yet he names a friend as his next-of-kin. On 11 April 1918 he was sentenced to 1year 4 months detenrtion. On 22 July 1919 Miss M. Swaby wrote from London seeking his address as his people had written to her asking where he was since they had not heard from him for a few months. The authorities advised her that No 3020, Private A. Collins, 15th Battalion, returned to Australia on 20 August 1919 per "Frankfurt". His address was not known to their office.

Sources

Australian Military Forces - Australian Imperial Force records (National Archives of Australia digital copy, series number B2455, barcode 3014451) [21 June 2016]

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