Alfred Thomas HOLMES

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Service Number:	1415
Enlisted:	26 October 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Roma, Queensland, Australia, 1 December 1881
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Commercial Traveller
Died:	Died of wounds, At sea on board HS Lutzow, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 10 May 1915, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Panel 53, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

26 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1415, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1415, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1415, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Berrima, Melbourne

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Son of Richard Holmes and Priscilla Holmes nee Graham of Murray Street, Perth, WA. Brother of Edward Percival Holmes of Perth, WA

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served with the Imperial Light Horse during the Boer War