Pte
Ernest Edward Robert Victor Collins

Information about birth

Year of birth:
1890
Place of birth:
Uraidla, South Australia, Australia

Army information

Country:
Australia
Force:
Australian Imperial Force
Rank:
Private
Service number:
3141
Enlistment date:
16/12/1916
Enlistment place:
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Units:
 —  Australian Infantry, 50th Bn.  (Last known unit)

Information about death

Date of death:
14/10/1917
Age:
27

Memorial

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Panel: 29 stone N

Distinctions and medals 2

Points of interest 2

#1 Place of birth
#2 Enlistment place

Sources 2

50th Australian Infantry Battalion, (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM4 23/67/16).
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1338583
Sources used
First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, (National Archives of Australia, Canberra (NAA), B2455, COLLINS E E R V).
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/NameSearch.aspx
Sources used

More information 4