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Thomas Anzac Collins

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas Anzac AWMM
  • Surname
    Collins AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    285202 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    25 April 1918 AWMM Avondale, Auckland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Pre 20 March 1944 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    285202 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 7 April 1941 AWMM Butcher/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
    Bronchial pneumonia AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Sereved for 2 years 349 days AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    21 February 1998 AWMM
    Age 79 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Sickness AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Rosebank Road Cemetery, Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Ashes AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • In our heart and thoughts as always.
    Lots of love.

    Cazna and family
    Public - Cazna - Child - 26 April 2020
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  • We miss you so much.
    You live on in our hearts and memories.
    Love,
    Cazna and family
    Public - Cazna - Direct descendant - 25 April 2019
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  • Dad with every ANZAC day that passes it grows more special. Today would have been your birthday and you would have been 100. Thinking of you as always. I know you were with us as we watched the ANZAC parade. Love and miss you always. Cazna and family
    Public - Anthony - Child - 25 April 2018
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Sources

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    Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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26 April 2020CaznaAuckland New ZealandChild
25 April 2018AnthonyAuckland New ZealandChild

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