Rank: Corporal
Regimental Number: 883
Place of Birth: Mallala, South Australia
Address: 15 Hubble Street(WW1: 33), East Fremantle, WA
Next of Kin: Wife, Mrs Annie Collings
Enlistment Date: 9 January 1917
Unit Name: Railway Unit, Section 3
Age embarkation: 34
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Locomotive driver
Date of Death: -
Place of Burial: -
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HISTORY
“Corporal HERBERT LEONARD COLLINGS
Corporal Herbert Leonard Collings (883) was born and educated in South Australia. He enlisted on the 8th January, 1917, and after training at Blackboy Camp sailed for England on the 29th January, 1917. On his arrival there he went to Bordon Camp for further training and then crossed to France. He worked on the railways immediately behind the lines until the 25th April, 1919, when he left for Australia, arriving home on the 3rd August, 1919. He is at present employed in the W.A.G.R.” (Australia’s Fighting Son’s of the Empire pg64)
Brothers: Private GILBERT COLLINGS(left), Lance-Corporal NORMAN CLARENCE COLLINGS(middle), Corporal HERBERT LEONARD COLLINGS(right). Australia’s Fighting Son’s of the Empire