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HOLMES, George
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2038 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Charleville, Queensland, Australia, 1896 |
Home Town: | Tambo, Blackall Tambo, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Stockman |
Died: | Heart Attack, Tambo, Queensland, Australia, 31 March 1972 |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Tambo Shire Roll of Honour WW1, Tambo War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
31 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 2038, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
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31 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 2038, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane | |
31 Oct 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Went in under heavy shell fire to deliver rations to the 42nd Battery. George and his brother did this on repeated occasions with a badly damaged vehicle. |
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