Search results Next record Previous record English Māori Robert Walter Gordon Collins PDF Key details Service numberN/N AWMM Also known as Armed force / branch Last rank WarSouth African War, 1899-1902 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesRobert Walter Gordon AWMM SurnameCollins AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberN/N AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkation Relationship statusUnknown AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarSouth African War, 1899-1902 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branch Service numberN/N AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentSouth Africa Surveyor/Civilian Ministry for Culture and Heritage Wellington, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsSouth Africa 31 March 1900 Ministry for Culture and HeritageGymeric Ministry for Culture and Heritage Vessel was Gymeric AWMM Lieutenant/Military Ministry for Culture and Heritage 4 Contingent, 7 Company Ministry for Culture and Heritage 4th Contingent New Zealand Mounted Rifles AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesHospital Diseases , Wounds, South Africa AWMM Severley wounded on left forearm at Ottoshoop AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rank Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Eldest son of Colonel Collins.Husband of Olive Mary (nee Beck).He was recipient of Imperial commission to the Oxfordshire Light Infantry but unable to accept this because of his War injuryPosted to the Reserves of OfficersHis marriage to Olive Mary Beck on the 26 December 1904 was reported in the New Zealand Free Lance (Volume IV, Issue 188, 2 January 1904, p. 8). The newley weds were to reside in 'their new house "Ottoshoop", Newtown', Wellington AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › Death Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes Cemetery Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Robert Walter Gordon Collins by laying a poppy. Robert Maldon Collins Robert Walter Collins Robert Walter Gordon Collins Robert William Graham Collins Ronald Leslie Collins Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Robert Walter Gordon Collins Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects The Veteran : official publication of the South African War Veterans' Association… Library / Pictorial › publication Christchurch, New Zealand ; Hamilton, New Zealand UB359.N5 VET Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20524489 Further Reference New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/the-south-african-boer-war/introduction Further Reference Social Gossip. (1904, January 2). New Zealand Free Lance, vol IV, issue 188, p. 8. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZFL19040102.2.7&srpos=1&e=-------10--1----0robert+walter+gordon+collins+mary+beck-all Further Reference Archives NZ: W5515|67|6267 http://archives.govt.nz/research/guides/war Further Reference DocumentsNew Zealand Free Lance AWMM Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers. AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Search results Next record Previous record
