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George Frederick HOLMES

Regimental number6520
Place of birthBath, Somerset, England
SchoolOldfield Park School, Bath, Somerset, England
Age on arrival in Australia26
ReligionCongregational
OccupationStone cutter
AddressHindmarsh Square, Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinWife, Mrs E Holmes, Bath, England
Enlistment date21 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 21 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateDied of disease 6 February 1917
Place of death or woundingTargo Hospital, Salisbery Plain
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialDurrington Cemetery (Grave No. 179), Wiltshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
59
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Margaret HOLMES; husband of Edith HOLMES, 13 Arlington Road, Bath, Somerset, England

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