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COLLINS, Alexander
(Service number 29221)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	06/08/1886	Place of Birth	Stobo, Peeblesshire, Scotland

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Annie COLLINS (mother), Stobo, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	18th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Date	11 October 1916
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Plymouth, England

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Discharge

Date	21 May 1919	Reason

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Biographical Notes

Son of Daniel COLLINS & Ann nee NIMMO. 1891 at home in Stobo; 1901 a farm servant at Blythbank, West Linton, Peeblesshire. Mrs Ethel CLARKE of Orari was a friend & contact in NZ; & her husband Mr W. R. CLARKE [see Frank Douglas & John stanley CLARKE]. Worked for some years in the Seadown & Levels districts. On discharge he returned to NZ.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [15 October 2013]; Timaru Herald, 3 December 1918 (Papers Past) [15 October 2013]; ancestry.com.au [28 October 2013]

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