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Richard Frederick  Holten

Name on Board RF Holten
Name on Service
Records
Richard Frederick   Holten
Enlistment Age 21
Occupation Fitter and Turner
Place of Birth Williamstown, Vic
Next of Kin Richard and Anne Holten
Address "Freddara" 18 The Strand, Williamstown, Vic
Marital Status S
Enlistment Date 12/07/1915
Service No. 2940 (No. on nominal roll 2948)
Enlistment Place Melbourne, Vic
Embarkation Place Melbourne
Embarkation Date 15/09/1915
Embarkation Ship SS Makarini
Unit on Embarkation 8th Australian Infantry Battalion
Date of Death 19/07/1916
Unit on Death 59th Australian Infantry Battalion
Rank on Death Private
Cause of Death KIA (previously reported missing)
Place of Wounding/
Death
France
Cemetery or Memorial Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Additional Information Cousins: C Coe (3267) died of wounds and C E Williams (2442) died of wounds
Additional References Williamstown Chronicle, Saturday 9 December 1916, p2
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