Hector HOLMES MM

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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)

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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