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Albert Edward Collins

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 67), Page: 15 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 67), Page: 15 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Albert Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Collins AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 51008 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    31 December 1890 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs K. Collins (mother), 12 Donald McLean Street, Wellington South, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 51008 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
    WW1 Motorman/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
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 11" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      156 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Married Edith May Eades, Wellington, 19 May 1917 (Methodist minister).
    War service: England
    Embarked Wellington, 12 June 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 16 August 1917, and marched into Sling Camp.
    Marched into Discharge Depot, Torquay, 3 December 1917.
    Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board 'Willochra', 1 February 1919; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service: deafness), 15 April 1918.
    Total war service: 1 year 34 days (of which 280 days were abroad)
    Medal: British War Medal
    Death not due to war service. AWMM
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Death

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  • 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

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