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• James William Collins

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Service number

• Service number 2984

Ranks

• Held rank of Private
• Held rank of Sergeant
• Held rank of Second Lieutenant
• Held rank of Lieutenant

Birth record

• 18 September 1878 in Clermont, QLD, Australia

Death record

• 2 November 1937 in Katoomba, NSW, Australia

Address

• 44 Shadforth Street, Mosman, NSW, Australia

Relationships

• Father - James William Collins
• Mother - Georgina Badby
• Sister - Annie Gladys Collins
• Wife - Annie Gertrude Langley
• Wife - Margaret Annie Anderson

Organisation

• 58th Battalion, AIF

Main sources

• Collins James William : SERN LIEUT 5984 : POB Clermont QLD : POE Sydney NSW : NOK S Collins Annie (website)
• Socks for the Soldiers. (newspaper article)
• Mountain Soldiers' Postbag (newspaper article)
• MRS. J. W. COLLINS. (newspaper article)
• A Wattle Wedding COLLINS--ANDERSON (newspaper article)
• DEATH OF MR. J. W. COLLINS (newspaper article)
• FUNERAL OF THE LATE CAPTAIN J. W. COLLINS MANY MOURN HIS PASSING (newspaper article)
• Outdoor group portrait of the officers of the 58th Battalion in the snow at Courset, France. (webpage)

Commemorations

• COLLINS J. W. on the South Face of the Mosman War Memorial
• Collins, J W on the St Clement's World War 1 Roll of Honour