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HOLLAND, Frank Bishop
Service Number: | 1939 |
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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 | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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.