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William Henry Holmes

Name on Board WH Holmes
Name on Service
Records
William Henry  Holmes
Enlistment Age 21
Occupation Rubber Worker
Place of Birth Williamstown, Vic
Next of Kin Ludwig Holmes
Address 5 Nelson St, Williamstown, Vic
Marital Status S
Enlistment Date 7/09/1915
Service No. 543
Enlistment Place Sydney, NSW
Embarkation Place Sydney
Embarkation Date 10/11/1915
Embarkation Ship HMAT Orsova A67
Unit on Embarkation Siege Artillery Brigade
Date of Death 3/04/1917
Unit on Death 36th Australian Heavy Artillery Group
Rank on Death Gunner
Cause of Death KIA
Place of Wounding/
Death
France
Cemetery or Memorial St Nicolas British Cemetery, St Nicolas, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France
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