New Zealand Tunnellers

Unit

4th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37562

About

Born in New Zealand

3 January 1872

Parents

Mother

Julia Collins

Father

Godfrey Collins

Residence

Hometown

Wanganui

Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Sash & Door Company

Personal Life

Marital Status

Widower

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 76

5 August 1948

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5530 86/0027005, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.55, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Charles Neville Collins (1872-1948)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/141