HOLLEY, Henry James
| Service Number: | 537 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 May 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Huntspill, Somerset, England, 11 August 1889 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 13 August 1979, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Murgon Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 537, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 537, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne |
World War 2 Service
| 25 May 1942: | Enlisted |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
His brothers, Bertie and Clifford both fell in the Great War.
He was a son of Eliza Holley, of Palmwoods, Queensland and sometime of Southbrook, Toowoomba, Queensland , and the late Frederick Holley.
His mother's addresses subsequently were- Rosedale Farm, Wyreema, via Toowoomba, Queensland (2 November 1916); then, c/o Mr Buchanan, Bellavesta, Mullumbimby; then, c/o Mrs McAuliffe, Margaret Street, Toowoomba, Darling Downs, Queensland (15 March 1921); then, corner of Green Street and Tingal Road, Wynnum, Queensland (7 November 1921); Palmwoods, North Coast Line, Queensland (20 October 1922).
Spouse: May Holley [nee Elsden] died 1964
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