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Collins, David Henry (5317)

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Place of Birth: Carlton, VIC

Age: 39 years 9 months

Enlistment Details: Monday, 31 January 1916 – Melbourne, VIC

Service Number: 5317           view online service record

Address:
179 Stokes Street
Port Melbourne, VIC

Next of Kin:
Elizabeth Anne Collins (wife)
179 Stokes Street
Port Melbourne, VIC

Embarkation Details:
Date: Tuesday, 1 August 1916
Ship: HMAT Miltiades A28
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 24th Infantry Battalion – 14th Reinforcements

Fate:
RTA: Sunday, 22 July 1917
Discharged: Monday, 5 November 1917

D H Collins is listed on the Roll of Honour for the Port Melbourne Branch of the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society (PAFS)

1917 ‘PORT P.A.F.S.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 20 January, p. 3. , viewed 29 Dec 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88370019

1917 ‘WHERE TO STRIKE.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 14 April, p. 4. , viewed 05 Apr 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88368038

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