COLLINS, Alexander
(Service number 29221)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 6 August 1886 | Place of Birth | Stobo, Peeblesshire, Scotland |
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Enlistment Information
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| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Annie COLLINS (mother), Stobo, Peeblesshire, Scotland | ||
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 | 18th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 11 October 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Plymouth, England |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
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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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