Proceeded from Egypt to France, 5 April 1916.
Admitted to No 3 New Zealand Field Ambulance, 18 May 1916 (bronchitis); transferred to Divisional Rest Station, Caestre, 22 May 1916; rejoined Bn, in the field, 2 June 1916.
Transferred to England, 2 July 1916, and admitted same day to 2nd London General Hospital, Chelsea; transferred to No 2 New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 17 July 1916; to New Zealand Convalescent Depot, Hornchurch, 20 July 1916; to New Zealand Command Depot, Codford, 4 September 1916. Marched into Sling Camp, 6 October 1916.
Proceeded overseas to France, 17 October 1916; rejoined Bn, 7 January 1917.
Found guilty, 14 August 1917, of at Dunkirk being drunk and being in town without a pass: awarded 14 days' Field Punishment No 2.
Admitted to No 2 Australian General Hospital, 12 May 1918 (pleurisy); discharged to Convalescent Depot, 26 May 1918; to NZ Base Depot, 29 May 1918; rejoined Bn, 6 June 1918.
Attached to New Zealand Base Depot, 1 December 1918; marched out to New Zealand Command Depot, Codford, 21 December 1918.
Commenced return to New Zealand on board HT 'Hororata', 1 February 1919; discharged 14 April 1919.
Total war service: 3 years 362 days (of which 3 years 214 days were abroad)

Father was named Michael Augustus Collins. AWMM