George Blackwell COLLINS

Regimental number27458
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Collins, Woodlands, Southland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 17th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Pakeha on 23 September 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit4th (Otago) Company, 1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 8 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave No 297), Nord, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Elizabeth R Collins, 359 Main South Road, Sockburn. Canterbury. New Zealand
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 15

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