Hector HOLMES MM

HOLMES, Hector

Service Number: 3555
Enlisted: 7 September 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 56th Infantry Battalion
Born: Darkes Forest New South Wales, November 1892
Home Town: Branxton, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farm labourer
Died: 7 June 1966, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Branxton Memorial Rotunda, New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis)
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World War 1 Service

7 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3555, 20th Infantry Battalion
20 Dec 1915: Involvement Private, 3555, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915: Embarked Private, 3555, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
16 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion
20 Jul 1916: Imprisoned Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Escaped Duisberg Heiderick 26/10/1917, arrived Holland 30/10/1917, arrived England 21/11/1917
31 Jan 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3555, 56th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD
19 Apr 1920: Honoured Military Medal, Escaped Duisberg Heiderick 26/10/1917, arrived Holland 30/10/1917, arrived England 21/11/1917. Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 38

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