Soldier profiles

Name : COLLINS, LEONARD
Service Number : VX22897
Date of Birth : 06/06/1899
Place of Birth : BENDIGO, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : FRENCH POLISHER
Date of Enlistment : 10/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : ORMOND, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : COLLINS, WINIFRED
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 10 LINES OF COMMUNICATION PROVOST COMPANY
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, NEW GUINEA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 20/07/1944
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6207429 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll

Background : Bandsman in the 2/2 Pioneers.

Service & personal summary Son of Lavinia Collins. Married to Winifred Mary Collins on 09/12/1942. Prior to 1933 : served 5 years with 71st Battalion Ballarat C.M.F. and 2 years with 29 Battalion Richmond C.M.F. Enlisted 16/03/1933 C.M.F. with army no. 294706 at Carlton, Victoria. Served as a Private with 6th Australian Infantry Battalion C.M.F. At enlistment : single, height 5 feet 6 inches, weight 139 pounds, chest max. 35 inches. Discharged 18/05/1936. At enlistment : single. At discharge : height 5 feet 6 inches, blue eyes, fair complexion, fair hair. Marital status : married. Full time war service : A.I.F. 10/06/1940 to 20/07/1944 which included 1502 days active service (555 days within Australia & 617 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East area (embarked from Australia 07/04/1941, disembarked in Australia 16/03/1942) and New Guinea area (embarked from Australia 11/10/1943, disembarked in Australia 12/06/1944). War badge no. 29623. Discharge certificate no. 85478.

Service record
10/06/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
13/06/1940 Transferred to Infantry Training Battalion No.3 Shepparton, Victoria.
25/07/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion from Shepparton, Victoria.
08/07/1940 Admitted to Puckapunyal Regimental? General Hospital, Seymour, Victoria with laryngitis & bronchitis.
19/07/1940 Admitted to Stonnington Convalescent Hospital from Puckapunyal Regimental? General Hospital, Seymour, Victoria with laryngitis.
19/07/1940 Discharged from Puckapunyal Regimental? General Hospital, Seymour, Victoria to Stonnington Convalescent Hospital.
25/07/1940 Posted from 15 Training Battalion Shepparton, Victoria and taken on strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
07/04/1941 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales on H.M.S. Queen Mary (H.M.T. N.N.).
03/05/1941 Disembarked Middle East.
20/07/1941 Evacuated to 1 Australian General Hospital with dysentery and transferred to X list.
01/08/1941 Evacuated from 1 Australian General Hospital to 1 Australian Convalescent Depot with gastroenteritis.
29/09/1941 Discharged from 1 Australian Convalescent Depot and transferred to 1 Australian Depot Battalion.
29/09/1941 Marched into 1 Australian Depot Battalion.
09/11/1941 Medical class : fit for duties other than active service with field formations.
18/11/1941 Marched out to Pioneer Training Battalion.
18/11/1941 Marched in ex 1 Australian Depot Battalion.
12/01/1942 Marched out to Headquarters Section.
12/01/1942 Taken on strength.
18/02/1942 Middle East on S.S. Andes.
16/03/1942 Disembarked 4 Military District (South Australia).
17/08/1942 Transferred from Pioneer Training Battalion Wagga Wagga, New South Wales to 1 Australian Pioneer Training Battalion Bathurst, New South Wales.
17/08/1942 Taken on strength ex Pioneer Training Battalion.
17/08/1942 Transferred to 10 Lines of Communication area Provost Company Bathurst, New South Wales.
18/03/1942 Admitted Wentworthville Convalescent Hospital.
31/03/1942 Discharged from Wentworthville Convalescent Hospital after injury arm and knee.
19/08/1942 Transferred to 10 Lines of Communication area Provost Company Windsor, New South Wales from 1 Australian Pioneer Training Battalion.
14/04/1943 Appointed acting Corporal.
02/09/1943 Transferred from 10 Australian Provost Company Victoria Lines of Communication area to Queensland Lines of Communication area.
11/10/1943 Embarked Brisbane, Queensland on H.M.A.S. Katoomba.
25/10/1943 Disembarked Port Moresby, New Guinea.
17/11/1943 Birth of son.
04/04/1944 Evacuated to 2/1 Australian General Hospital, Queensland.
10/04/1944 Discharged from 2/1 Australian General Hospital, Queensland to New Guinea Discharge Depot.
12/04/1944 Marched out from New Guinea Discharge Depot to unit (10 Australian Provost Company).
12/04/1944 Rejoined from New Guinea Discharge Depot.
19/04/1944 Reverted to Private.
08/05/1944 Medical class assessed as D by medical board (constant insufficiency).
17/05/1944 Transferred out to New Guinea Discharge Depot for discharge.
14/06/1944 Marched in F.M.B. ex unit (10 Australian Provost Company).
16/06/1944 Admitted 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria with bronchitis.
07/07/1944 Discharged from 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria to General Details Depot, Victoria with medical class leave (bronchitis).
07/07/1944 Marched into General Details Depot ex 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria for discharge.
20/07/1944 Discharged.