FOR MOST CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY, RESOURCE AND LEADERSHIP WHEN, AFTER DEPLOYMENT, PRIOR TO AN ATTACK, HIS BATTALION WAS FORCED TO LIE OUT IN THE OPEN UNDER HEAVY SHELL AND MACHINE-GUN FIRE WHICH CAUSED MANY CASUALTIES. THIS GALLANT NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER REPEATEDLY WENT OUT UNDER HEAVY FIRE AND BROUGHT WOUNDED BACK TO COVER, THUS SAVING MANY LIVES.
IN SUBSEQUENT OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, CORPORAL COLLINS WAS CONSPICUOUS IN RALLYING AND LEADING HIS COMMAND. HE LED THE FINAL ASSAULT WITH THE UTMOST SKILL IN SPITE OF HEAVY FIRE AT CLOSE RANGE AND UNCUT WIRE. HE BAYONETED FIFTEEN OF THE ENEMY AND, WITH A LEWIS GUN SECTION, PRESSED ON BEYOND THE OBJECTIVE AND COVERED THE REORGANISATION AND CONSOLIDATION MOST EFFECTIVELY ALTHOUGH ISOLATED AND UNDER FIRE FROM SNIPERS AND GUNS.
HE SHOWED THROUGHOUT A MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE OF INITIATIVE AND FEARLESSNESS

FOR CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY AND DEVOTION TO DUTY. AS SOON AS THE ENEMY OPENED FIRE AT POINT BLANK RANGE, HE RALLIED ALL THE MEN NEAR HIM, TOOK CONTROL OF A PORTION OF THE LINE, AND BROUGHT EVERY AVAILABLE RIFLE TO BEAR ON THE ENEMY. DURING THE CONSOLIDATION, HE DID EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD WORK, AND LATER, WHEN THE ENEMY COUNTER ATTACKED, WENT UNDER HEAVY FIRE FROM POST TO POST TO SEE THAT THEY WERE BEING HELD TO THE BEST ADVANTAGE. HIS ABILITY AND DEVOTION TO DUTY WERE OF THE HIGHEST ORDER