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Angus William HOLMES

Regimental number1864
Place of birthEllendale, Tasmania
SchoolState School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
AddressEllendale, Macquarie Plains, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Charles John Holmes, Ellendale, Macquarie Plains, Tasmania
Enlistment date20 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 19 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 14 March 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death25.8
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot XI, Row F, Grave No. II), Surrey, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
66
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Phoebe HOLMES, Ellendale, Tasmania

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