HOLMES, Edwin
| Service Number: | 57656 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements |
| Born: | Rouchel, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1896 |
| Home Town: | Allora, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 28 October 1961, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Gympie Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: | Allora Shire Soldiers Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jun 1918: | Involvement Private, 57656, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 5 Jun 1918: | Embarked Private, 57656, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, RMS Orontes, Sydney | |
| 8 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 57656, Served in France |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by CHERYL HAYES
Edwin was the son of Walter Woodrow Holmes and Lucy Cameron Holmes (nee Carter) at Rouchel, near Scone in the Upper Hunter Valley. He had two older half-brothers, Cyrus and Wilford Gardner, and a brother, Walter who died aged 10 months in April 1899.
Following the death of his mother, Lucy, (in June 1899) he lived at Rouchel with his father and extended family until aged about 5 years. At this time his father, Walter moved to Goomeri, on the Darling Downs, where he took up land.
Aged 22, Edwin enlisted for service in WW1, at Brisbane in April 1918, returning to Australia in October 1919.
Following discharge Edwin returned to the land. He died a bachelor.
Sources: Trove; NAA; NSW BDM & QLD BDM.
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