Albert Collister
Name Albert Collister
Number Private 1154
Battalion 37th Battalion
Place of Birth Bunyip
Next of Kin His mother, Mrs. Susan Collister of Ameys Track via Foster
Date and place of enlistment Leongatha 8/3/1916
Physical details on enlistment Age 19 years 1 month, 5’6”, blue eyes and light brown hair
Religion Methodist
Occupation Farm labourer
Date and place of death
He was killed in action at Villers Bretonneux on the 22/6/1918
Location of grave or memorial
He was buried in the Adelaide British Cemetery Villers Bretonneux
Relationship to Woorayl Shire
He enlisted in Leongatha
Military History
- He attended Foster State School
- He is on the Foster Honour Roll
- 8/3/16 He enlisted in Leongatha
- 3/6/16 He embarked Melbourne on HMAT Persic
- 25/7/16 He arrived Plymouth
- 22/11/16 He went to France via Southampton
- 16/2/17 He was wounded in the field
- 17/2/17 He has an abrasion to the left eyelid.
- 12/3/17 He is admitted to hospital in Boulogne
- 24/4/17 He marched out to the front
- 29/9/17 He is sick in hospital with influenza
- 14/10/17 He leaves France for England with trench feet
- He was in trouble being AWL until early February 1918
- 29/3/18 He rejoined his Battalion at Rouelles France
- 22/6/18 He was killed in action
- His effects were: – 1 mirror (broken), 1 note book, unit colours, cards, YMCA wallet, photos, letters, and 1 shoulder title.
- In March 1926 a letter regarding a photograph of his grave was sent to the Imperial War Graves Commission
- In his will he left his estate to his mother
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