Harry Hanley HOLMES

HOLMES, Harry Hanley

    Service Number: 633
    Enlisted: 17 March 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 28th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Perth, Western Australia, 1899
    Home Town: Claremont, Western Australia
    Schooling: Claremont State School, Western Australia
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 5 August 1916
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bunbury War Memorial, Cottesloe Ocean Beach No 29 Troop Boy Scouts Honour Roll, Perth St. George's Cathedral Choir Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 633, 28th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
    29 Jun 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 633, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    29 Jun 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 633, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
    5 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 633, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of Henry and Jane HOLMES, 'Onslow', Shenton Road, Claremont, Western Australia

    Commemorated (bronze plaque) in St George's Cathdral, Perth, Western Australia: 'Members of the Cathedral Choir who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918. The stop on the Great Organ Lieblick Gedacht is given by fellow choristers and friends Anzac Day 1931.' 

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