Frank Bishop HOLLAND

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HOLLAND, Frank Bishop

Service Number:	1939
Enlisted:	31 July 1915, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Unley, South Australia, Australia, 29 September 1895
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Pozieres, Somme Sector, France, 22 August 1916, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Etaples Military Cemetery Plot 1X, Row F, Grave 10A, Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kent Town Prince Alfred College 'Nobly Striving, Nobly Fell' Roll of Honour, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley South Park Bowling Club Memorial, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

31 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1939, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
16 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 1939, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 1939, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
26 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 27th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 26th Battalion to the 27th Battalion
4 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1939, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Gunshot wound to the abdomen and shell wounds to the left leg and left buttock
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 1939, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1939 awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-22

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas Corin Holland and Catherine (Kate) (nee Bishop) Holland of Wood Street, Millswood, Adelaide, SA; brother of William Corin Holland, Charlotte Annie Holland, Dora Emily Holland, Francis Rupert Holland, Hilda Kate Holland, George Harold Holland, Isabel Holland and Thomas Lancelot,

12 November 1915 - bullet wound to the eye while on Gallipoli

13 November 1915 - to hospital with mumps

22 June 1916 - to hospital with tonsilitis

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

Also served in the Prince Alfred Cadets.

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