COLLINS  F.B.

Given Names:  Frederick Bisset

               

Service Number:  4386

Unit:  24th Battalion, 11th reinforcements                                                                         

Rank:  Acting Sergeant                                                                                                   

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  34 Yrs  7 Mths

Occupation:  Commission Agent                                                                                     

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  6 Ft  1 In                     

Weight:  168 Lbs

Chest:  38-40½ In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  20/8/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Ann Jane Collins

55 Princess Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                      

Embarkation Date:  21/3/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  RMS Malwa

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Killed in action

Ship:               

Embarked:      

Disembarked: 

Unit:  21st Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant

Discharge Date:                                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  33663

Victory Medal:  33428

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  25/2/1881

Place:  Richmond, Victoria                       

Father:  Thomas COLLINS                       

Mother:  Anne Jane Oeranna NICHOLSON

 

MARRIAGE

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Spouse:  

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 4/10/1917                          

Place: Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium          

Burial:  No known grave

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Scotch College

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 357257

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

Yes

 

Kew Rotary