Personal Profile Collection
Alexander Dougald Collins - Section 2
This section contains two First World War era studio portrait photos of Alexander Dougald Collins, circa 1916-1917.
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Armourer Acting Corporal Alexander Dougald Collins
Canadian Ordinance Corps
England
Circa 1916-1917
In this studio portrait photo, Armourer Acting Corporal Collins is wearing a standard issue seven button Canadian tunic with an Oliver pattern leather waist belt. On his enlisted man’s visor cap is a cap badge for the Canadian Ordinance Corps. His collar badges are unidentified. They appear to be a maple leaf design and are not Canadian Ordinance Corps. He has two cloth stripes on each arm signifying the rank of corporal. Visible on his left arm above the rank stripes is an armourer trade badge.
Photographer: High Street Studios, Folkstone, England
Ref. Number: 22-4 (7.3)
Image Information: Scan of of original photo postcard
Source: Joan (Collins) Perry 2022
Reverse of the Above Postcard
The handwritten note on the back of the postcard above is transcribed as follows:
No. 471000 A/Cpl. Alex Dougald Collins
Reported missing from C Company 25th Battalion in France in Sept. 1918. Believed dead. Years later reported as having died of wounds.
Reported from companion (unofficially) to brother HA in Kimmel Park that he went out in charge of party to take machine gun post but never returned. Next night another party went out and found dead of former party but Collins nor equipment was not found. Believed prisoner.
The brother mentioned above was Hugh Allen Collins who was a couple of years younger than Alexander. Hugh was living in Saskatchewan when he was drafted in the summer of 1918. He was in Kimmel Park Military Hospital, England, in November, 1918, suffering from influenza, probably the Spanish Flu. It was there that he most likely heard from the companion mentioned above, regarding his brother.
Armourer Acting Corporal Alexander Dougald Collins
Canadian Ordinance Corps
England
Circa 1916-1917
In this studio portrait photo, Armourer Acting Corporal Collins is wearing a standard issue seven button Canadian tunic. On his enlisted man’s visor cap is a cap badge for the Canadian Ordinance Corps. His collar badges are unidentified. They appear to be a maple leaf design and are not Canadian Ordinance Corps. He has two cloth stripes on each arm signifying the rank of corporal. Visible on his right arm above the rank stripes is an armourer trade badge. He shaved off his moustache some time after the previous photo was taken.
Photographer: Unknown
Ref. Number: 22-4 (4.3)
Image Information: Scan of of original photo
Source: Joan (Collins) Perry 2022