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Serjeant WILLIAM ALBERT COLLINS

Service Number: 46985
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Commandos

Date of Death

Died 27 July 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOURAIL NEW ZEALAND WAR CEMETERY

4. 9.

New Caledonia

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of William Charles Collins and of Annie Eliza Collins (nee Hudson), of Palmerston North, Wellington, New Zealand. Scoutmaster.
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BOURAIL NEW ZEALAND WAR CEMETERY
New Caledonia
Number of casualties: 246
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