Hubert Darcy HOLTUM

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Service Number:	506
Enlisted:	11 September 1914, Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Scottsdale, Tasmania, 16 June 1888
Home Town:	Zeehan, West Coast, Tasmania
Schooling:	Zeehan State School
Occupation:	Miner/Farm hand
Died:	Died of Wounds, Cairo, Egypt, 9 June 1915, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

11 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 506, Bendigo, Victoria
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 506, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 506, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 506, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
28 May 1915:	Wounded Private, 506, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (head)

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Enlisted and served under alias Sydney Wilson

Hubert Darcy HOLTUM was born on 16th June, 1888 in Tasmania

His parents were Richard Henry HOLTUM and Elizabeth DUFFY

His brother Cyril Robert HOLTUM (SN2029) served in WW1 and was Killed in Action on 11th August, 1918

Another brother Henry Edward HOLTUM (SN522) served in WW1 & also died on 22nd September, 1918

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