COLL, William
(Service number 68574)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 21/08/1897 | Place of Birth | Temuka |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Allandale, Fairlie | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Catherine COLL (mother), Allandale, Fairlie | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 33rd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company | ||
| Date | 31 December 1917 | ||
| Transport | Athenic | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | ||
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| Last Unit Served With | Auckland Regiment | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 9 May 1969 | Age | 71 years |
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| Place of Death | Orokonui Home, Waitati | ||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Andersons Bay Crematorium, Dunedin | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
William Coll was the youngest son of James and Catherine (Katie, Kitty, née Hamilton) Coll. He was educated at Kakahu Bush, Fairlie and Allandale schools. Private W. Coll was wounded on 1 October 1918. William Coll was received a presentation form the Ashwick Flat Patriotic Entertainments Committee on his return from the Front. His brother Daniel was killed in action in 1918, and brother James also served in World War I. James and Daniel were serving overseas when their father died in April 1917.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [27 October 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [28 October 2019]; School Admission register (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [29 October 2019]; Andersons Bay Cemetery headstone image & burial record (Dunedin City Council) [29 October 2019]; Timaru Herald, 17 October 1918, 14 May 1919 (Papers Past) [15 May 2014; 27 October 2019]
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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG
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