Harold Emanuel Collins (COL1383)

Basic Information

Unique reference:

COL1383

Gender:

Male

Birth

Date of birth:

25 Nisan 5652 (22 April 1892)

Place of birth:

Sydney

Death

Date of death:

13 Shevat 5752 (18 January 1992)

Died in combat?:

Place of death:

Sydney

Cause of death:

Old age

Burial place:

Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney NSW

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Harold
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Harold holding a propeller
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Harold

Places

Other Organisations

Name:

New South Wales Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen (NAJEX)

Significance:

Founding member

Australia’s oldest Jewish Gallipoli veteran

He lived until just a few months before his 100th Birthday

Extract from Harold's diary , 25 May 1915

“I saw a terrible sight today. A submarine sank HMS triumph… I have seen dead men lying about by the hundred, have seen men’s arms and legs torn off, but nothing has made me feel like crying as I did when I saw that stately and majestic battleship go down.”

Family

Spouse

Ettie Mlody (female)

Other surname / Maiden name:

Collins

Siblings

Adelaide Collins (female)

Elise Collins (female)

Louise Collins (female)

Solomon Collins (male)

Claude Collins (male)

Esther Collins (female)

Marjorie Collins (female)

Phoebe Collins (female)

John Collins "Jack" (male)

Parents

Father: Solomon George Collins (male)

Mother: Jane Hart (female)

Military Record

Military service:

Australian Army

Date enlisted/conscripted:

15 September 1914

Date discharged/death:

1919

Rank at discharge/death:

Warrant Officer

Assignments

Regiment:

Australian Imperial Forces

Battalion/unit:

55th Battalion

Campaigns:

Gallipoli

Regiment:

Australian Flying Corp

Medals:

Somme Medal
Albert Medal
Croix Combattant de L'Europe
Meritorious Service Medal

Australian Registration forms

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