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James Joseph "Jim" Collins aka Collins

Born 14 May 1889 in Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

Ancestors

Son of Cornelius Collins and Nancy (Beatty) Collins

Brother of John Collins, George Ellis Collins, Ellen Josephine (Collins) Brenssell, Richard David Collins, Margaret Annie (Collins) Price, Mary (Collins) Newrick and William Patrick Collins

Husband of Annie Elizabeth (Burke) Collins — married 1920 in Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

Descendants

Father of Phyllis Joan (Collins) Dobbs, Patricia Mary (Collins) Carver, Maureen (Collins) Coles, Leonora Ellen (Collins) Krebs, Alice Elizabeth (Collins) Ross, Elaine (Collins) Lowe, Robert James Collins and Gwendoline (Collins) Pawson

Died 1958 at about age 68 in Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

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Biography

First generation born in New Zealand of Irish parents James Collins was born on May 14, 1889 in Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.^[1] His parents were Cornelius Collins and Annie Beattie. He was living with his father in Karamu, Hastings, when he enlisted for World War 1. Military War Record ADDRESS BEFORE ENLISTMENT Pre 22 October 1914 AWMM Hastings, New Zealand AWMM POST WAR OCCUPATION Labourer/Civilian AWMM NEXT OF KIN ON EMBARKATION C. Collins, Karamu Road, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM RELATIONSHIP STATUS Father Pre 14 December 1914 AWMM Single AWMM BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Driver Collins enlisted with service number 10/1211. However, his family state that his serial number was 5/1211a. Possibly he transferred from the Wellington Infantry Battalion to the New Zealand Army Services Corps after embarkation and was allocated an "A" number. WAR World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM CAMPAIGN

1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
1914-1916 Egypt AWMM

ARMED FORCE / BRANCH Army SERVICE NUMBER WWI 10/1211 AWMM WWI 5/1211a AWMM MILITARY DECORATION MEDALS AND AWARDS

British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
Victory Medal AWMM
ANZAC Commemorative Medallion AWMM

TRAINING AND ENLISTMENT WW1 22 October 1914 AWMM Age 24 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM EMBARKATION DETAILS WW1 14 December 1914 AWMM from AWMM HMNZT 13 or HMNZT 14 or HMNZT 15 AWMM Vessel was Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter AWMM Private AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM 2nd Reinforcements AWMM NOTE As he embarked to Egypt with the 2nd Reinforcements on 14 December 1915, Driver Collins may also be entitled to a 1914-1915 Star in addition to his other medals.

He married Annie Burke in Hastings, New Zealand in February 1920. ^[2] Together they had 8 children:

He died 15 Jan 1958 in Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand^[3] CAUSE OF DEATH Died of Disease AWMM CEMETERY Wharerangi Cemetery, Napier, New Zealand AWMM OBITUARY Daily Telegraph, 16 January 1958 AWMM SOURCES EXTERNAL LINKS

Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21896243

Further Reference REFERENCES

Information kindly provided by family AWMM
New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). * * Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM

Page No: 140 AWMM^[4]

Information supplied by GTF Pawson. AWMM
Daily Telegraph AWMM
Daily Telegraph, 16 January 1958 AWMM

Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.^[5]

Sources

↑ Folio1889/9038 birth James Joseph Collins. https: //www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz.
↑ 1920/2091.https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
↑ citing James Joseph Collins Death. https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search
↑ Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 140 - No known copyright restrictions
↑ https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph

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Elaine (Wilson) Mattsen

He lived at Milton Road Napier most of his life and was a returned Ambulance Driver from 1st World War and was a recipient of four medals. He was away for five years. He worked as a truck driver for Wilson and Canham in Clive and Hastings( bale wool carriers) and before going to war he worked for a Lady Douglas as a station hand and labourer.

My only living Aunt wears these medals on Anzac day and had the photo taken for me The creation of the 1914 Star for the original British Expeditionary Force, who served in France and Flanders up to November 1914, led to demands from the Australian and other dominion governments for medallic recognition for their original contingents who had fought at Gallipoli and elsewhere. This led to a proposed Gallipoli Star, for award to New Zealanders and Australians of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), but not to the British forces serving alongside them. Following protests by British parliamentarians and news media, the Gallipoli Star was never awarded and the 1914-15 Star, with its wider eligibility, instituted instead.[4][5]

No clasp or bar to the medal was approved.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "1914–15 Star," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1914%E2%80%9315_Star&oldid=1001880158 (accessed April 13, 2021).</ref>

posted 1 Nov 2019 by Elaine (Wilson) Mattsen [thank Elaine]

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