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Edgar Wade HOLMES

Regimental number3211
Place of birthGlen Williams, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressBingle Burra, East Gresford, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinFather, Edwin Holmes, Gowan Brae, Bolwarra,West Maitland, New South Wales
Enlistment date20 July 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name54th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/71/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 11 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll54th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 1 September 1918
Place of death or woundingDroune
Age at death37
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialPeronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row G, Grave NO, 12), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
159
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Elizabeth HOLMES, Gowan Brae, West Maitland, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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