Charles John HOLMES

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Service Number:	910
Enlisted:	11 April 1916, Horsham, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Horsham, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Connangorach, Horsham, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 24 August 1918
Cemetery:	Bray Vale British Cemetery, Bray-sur-Somme Plot 1, Row B, Grave 8 - Also commemorated in the Horsham Cemetery,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

11 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 910, Horsham, Victoria
20 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 910, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
20 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 910, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 910, 38th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 910, 38th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge
12 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 910, 38th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele
15 Nov 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 38th Infantry Battalion, Promoted in the field
29 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 910, 38th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW to right arm sustained near Morlancourt. Evacuated to hospital (France). Rejoined unit 2 May 1918.
30 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 910, Gunshot wound to the rightarm
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 910, 38th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens
17 Aug 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 38th Infantry Battalion, In the field
24 Aug 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 910, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 910 awm_unit: 38th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-24

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Son of William Henry and Sarah Jane Holmes. On enlisting his address of Connangorack, Victoria

21 August 1916 - to hospital at Larkhill with Measles

11 March 1917 - to hospital with a boil on his face

8 August 1917 - to hospital at Etaples with Ringworm

Medals: British War Cemetery, Victory Medal