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Military service
Service number:
471000
Age:
27
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
25th Bn.
Birth:
November 19, 1890
Enlistment:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
September 23, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Angus and Mary Coady Collins, of South West Margaree, Nova Scotia.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Corporal Alexander Dougald Collins
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Photo of ALEXANDER DOUGALD COLLINS
From the book, Catholics of the Diocese of Antigonish, Nova Scotia and the Great War 1914- 1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: PIcture Me -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 925 of 1384. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Corporal Alexander Dougald Collins
Digital gallery of
Corporal Alexander Dougald Collins
Digital gallery of
Corporal Alexander Dougald Collins
Digital gallery of
Corporal Alexander Dougald Collins
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 387 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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