Captain Sir Robert Henry Muirhead Collins
[KCMG]
London Gazette, 7 October 1919. (1852–1927) was an
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[Chris Cunneen and Ann G. Smit]
'Collins, Sir Robert Henry Muirhead (1852–1927)'
'' Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 8, (MUP), 1981.[Sir R. M. Collins. Death in New York.]
''The Register'', 21 April 1927, pg.9. trove.nla.gov.au
Life summary
[Collins, Sir Robert Henry Muirhead (1852–1927)]
''Life Summary'', '' Australian Dictionary of Biography''
Collins was born to Dr Charles Howell Collins, a surgeon, and his Henrietta Jane Heaven (née Groset). Collins died in 1927 and was survived by his wife and their son, Major Howel Collins (graduated from Royal Military Academy in Woolwich
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) of the Australian Army
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References
External links
*Olwen Prike (1984
Australia House: A Little Australia in London
''Backburning'', pp. 163–171,254–256. www.api-network.com
Lieutenant Robert Henry Muirhead Collins
Victorian Navy. www.cerberus.com.au
1852 births
1927 deaths
Secretaries of the Australian Department of Defence
Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Royal Navy officers
People from Bath and North East Somerset
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