Pfc. John Collins

COLLINS, ROSA, WADDELL, CHRISTENSON

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 3/14/2013 at 11:46:12

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Friday, March 12, 1943, Page 7

MISSING IN ACTION

Pfc. John Collins is reported missing in action in north Africa on Feb. 17, 1943, according to word received by his wife, Mrs. Harriet Collins, formerly of Mason City, now at Cedar Rapids.

Private Collins was employed by Webster Brothers and Conover Manufacturing company prior to entering the army. He left Mason City with the national guard in February, 1941.

He is the nephew of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rosa, 416 Third street northwest. Mrs. Collins is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Waddell, 523 Georgia avenue northeast.

Private Collins’ father, the late Ambrose Collins of Minneapolis, was a veteran of the first World war.

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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Friday, April 30, 1943, Page 3

GERMAN PRISONER

Word was received this week by Mrs. Harriet Collins of 523 Georgia avenue northeast, that her husband, Pfc. John Collins, is a prisoner of the Germans. He was reported missing in North Africa on Feb. 17, 1943.

Mrs. Collins is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Waddell, and her husband is the nephew of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rosa, 416 Third street northeast. Private Collins’ mother is Mrs. Ted Christenson of Vancouver, B. C.

NOTE: Pfc. Collins died while a German POW, date unknown.

Transcriptions and note by Sharon R. Becker, March 2013

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