Albert Collister

Name    Albert Collister

Number    Private 1154

Battalion     37^th 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