John Foster Collins (1892 - 1955)

Born 11 Oct 1892 in Wellington, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Ivy Anne (Ball) Collins — married 13 Jun 1927 (to 11 Apr 1947) in Sydney NSW Australia

Descendants

Died 25 Mar 1955 at age 62 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

John Foster Collins was born October 11, 1892, in Wellington, Dubbo Regional Council, New South Wales, a son of Joseph Collins and Frances Ward.

John was a Veteran of World War I, (service #1594), a Sergeant in the 12th Regiment of the First Australian Imperial Force. The 12th Battalion was recruited from Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia and formed part of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division. It served throughout the war, firstly during the Gallipoli Campaign and then on the Western Front. ^[1]

John's name is found on the Bundanoon Wall of Remembrance, at Railway Avenue, Bundanoon NSW 2578.^[2] Photo is found here: https://monumentaustralia.org.au/content/directory/full/Wall_of_Remembrance-32966-20599.jpg

In 1927, after World War I, John married Ivy Ann Ball, born 1902, in Kempsey, a daughter of Henry Parnell Ball and Eva May McKay.

John Foster Collins' death notice was published in the Sydney Morning Herald on March 28, 1955:

• COLLINS, John Foster March 25, 1955, Sydney, suddenly, late of Exeter, dearly loved brother of Reg. Clive, Iris (deceased) Elma, Bess, Jim (Deceased) Joe, Fan, Ann, aged 63 years. ^[3]

John is buried in the Frederickton Cemetery, in Kempsey Shire, New South Wales, Australia. ^[4]

John was born in 1892. He passed away in 1955. Death Frederickton John Foster Collins Frederickton, New South Wales, Australia 1955 1955 Frederickton

Sources

1. ↑ "Australia Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-X8TH : 28 December 2020), John Foster Collins, 1955; from "Australia, Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802-2005," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : n.d.) citing Death, citing Jim and Alison Rogers : n.d. Various cemeteries, Australia; FHL microfilm
2. ↑ https://www.warmemorialsregister.nsw.gov.au/content/john-foster-collins
3. ↑ "Australia, New South Wales, Alphabetical Index to Newspaper Cuttings, 1841-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLFD-JMP : 9 March 2018), John Foster Collins, ; citing New South Wales, Australia, Greenwich Genealogical Library, Greenwich; FHL microfilm 1,514,723
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153151235/john-foster-collins

• NSW BDM RECORDS
• Ryerson Index
• BIRTH COLLINS JOHN F 38401/1892 JOSEPH FRANCES WELLINGTON

• MARRIAGE 1927 5818/1927 Collins John F Ball Ivy A Sydney

• DEATH 7575/1955 COLLINS JOHN FOSTER JOSEPH FRANCES MARY SYDNEY

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153151235/john-foster-collins

• Family Name Given Names Birth Death Age Details Cemetery Row, Plot

Collins John Foster 11 Oct 1892 25 Mar 1955 62 son/Joseph & Frances Mary; h/Ivy Ann (Ball); 7101594 Frederickton NSW Ang W

• Sydney Morning Herald 28MAR1955
• COLLINS John Foster, March 25 1955, Sydney, suddenly late of Exeter, dearly loved brother of Reg, Clive , Iris (deceased) Elma, Bess, Jim(deceased) Joe, Fan, Ann, aged 63 years,,

• COLLINS John Foster Death notice 25MAR1955 Death 63 at Sydney, late of Exeter Sydney Morning Herald 28 MAR 1955

• Death certificate

• Hi Rita
• Its been a while since we communicated last. I was looking at the Wikitree site for John Foster Collins (Collins-16780), in particular under the biography. In particular "John was a Veteran of World War I, (service #1594), a Sergeant in the 12th Regiment of the First Australian Imperial Force. The 12th Battalion was recruited from Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia and formed part of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division. It served throughout the war, firstly during the Gallipoli Campaign and then on the Western Front." I think you will find that this unit is an infantry unit, where as John was a member of the 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment - "The 12th Light Horse Regiment was raised, as part of the 4th Light Horse Brigade, at Liverpool, New South Wales, on 1 March 1915."

John joined later and was allocated as part of the 6th reinforcements for the 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment. The reference for the regiment is the Australian War Memorial "https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U51046". The reference for John Foster Collins war service is the national archives as below; World War One - "https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=3015015&isAv=N" World War Two - "https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=5699497&isAv=N" Both have electronic copies of his service record available for viewing. Hope all is well and thanks for the work you have undertaken. Kind Regards Greg Collins PS Thank you Greg for the Photo of Jack

• Lin (Collins) Slaughter
• Died on Sydney railway station.
• posted 6 Jul 2020 by Lin (Collins) Slaughter [thank you Lin]