COLLINS, Patrick
| Service Number: | 18384 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 February 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, September 1894 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Primary demtia due to War Service, Military Mental Asylum (Mont Park), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 May 1927 |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 18384, 10th Field Company Engineers | |
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| 2 Aug 1917: | Involvement Driver, 18384, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Aug 1917: | Embarked Driver, 18384, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Miltiades, Sydney | |
| 10 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 18384, 10th Field Company Engineers |
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From How We Served
Looking for the family of;- 18384 Driver Patrick Collins of East Melbourne, Victoria who had been employed a s a backer when he enlisted for War service on the 17th of February 1917, and was allocated to reinforcements for the 10th Field Company Engineers 1st AIF.
Patrick was embarked for the United Kingdom and further training on the 2nd of August, and was finally embarked for France on the 2nd of March 1918, and joined his Unit in the field on the 20th of March. Remaining on duty until he was evacuated sick, suffering influenza, on the 24th of June, and by the 26th of August Patrick had returned to his Unit now in Northern France. Aside a short time of detachment to the Field Bakery, he was available for service until passed the War’s end.
After returning to England, and having suffered a further bout of sickness for which he was hospitalised, Patrick departed for repatriation back to Australia as an invalid, being treated for debility, on the 27th of April 1919. He received his official discharge from the 1st AIF and was re-entered into civilian life on the 10th of October 1919. On the 20th of July 1922, with Patrick having suffered a breakdown of health, diagnosed as primary demtia due to War Service, he was admiited into the Military Mental Asylum (Mont Park).
Patrick died whilst still in residence on the 3rd of May 1927, following which he was interred within Fawkner Cemetery, Victoria. At the time of his enlistment and later admission into Mont Park, Patrick gave as his next of kin his sister. Mrs Mary Murphy of 450 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria.
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