Lawrence Earle COLLINS

Regimental number31599
OccupationStudent
Next of kinMother, Mrs A S Collins, Birkdale, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 19th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 November 1916
The infantry component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 1 December 1917
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot XIV, Row D, Grave No 10), Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs A Collins, Wallace Road, Papatoetoe, New Zealand
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 5