Enlisted with the 54th Bttn (Kootenay) and was transferred to the 2nd Tunneling Coy. before being dispatched overseas. On June 2nd, 1916, Collings was wounded in battle and taken to a dressing station at Maple Copse. Later that day, the station fell into enemy hands and Collings was taken prisoner. He later died on June 9.
Next of kin: Alec MacDonald (cousin) of Hunter's River, P.E.I.
Sapper Collings is also remembered on the Hartsville War Memorial in Hartsville, P.E.I.
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