Regimental number | 40894 |
Occupation | Farm labourer |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs M J S Collins, High Street, Timaru |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 23rd Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Ruapehu on |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | 1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 40 |
Place of burial | Tyne Cot Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No 12), Zonnebeke, Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and Amelia Collins, late of Cromwell, Otago, New Zealand. Wife: Mary Jane Collins, 13 Princes Street, Timaru, New Zealand |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 57, p. 14 |