COLLINS  D.C.

Given Names:  Donald Clive

               

Service Number:  21301

Unit:  1st Signal Squadron                                                                                               

Rank:  Sapper 

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  19 Yrs  6 Mths

Occupation:  Civil Servant                                                                                              

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Congregational

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7½ In                  

Weight:  122 Lbs

Chest:  30-32½ In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  28/4/1917

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Thomas Ross Collins

92 Harp Road, East Kew, Victoria                                                                                     

Embarkation Date:  2/3/1918

Port:  Sydney  

Ship:  RMS Ormonde

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Burma   

Embarked:  26/7/1919                               

Disembarked:  29/8/1919

Unit:  2nd Signal Squadron                                                                                                            

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  21/9/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  73124

Victory Medal:  69488

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1897

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Thomas Ross COLLINS              

Mother:  Mary Ellen YOUNG

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1922     

Place:             

Spouse: Sarah Alexandra SMITH

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 12/3/1990                          

Place: ,           

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew Independent Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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Date Enlisted:                                                        

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary