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HOLLANDS, William George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 13436 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies |
| Born: | Moonta South Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Driver |
| Died: | Circumstances of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Payneham Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Moonta Corporation of The Town of Moonta Roll of Honour, Moonta Loyal Hamley Lodge I.O.O.F. Manchester Unity Pictorial Roll of Honour, Moonta Mines Public School Roll of Honour WW1, Payneham Sydenham Road Methodist Church Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1916: | Involvement Driver, 13436, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1916: | Embarked Driver, 13436, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Driver, 13436 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 13436 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
William Hollands enlisted on 2 October 1916. The unit Hollands served in was the 1, 2 and 3 Auxiliary transport companies and 1 to 4 Reinforcements.
He embarked on 22 December 1916 from Melbourne, Victoria, on board the HMAT A34 PERSIC.
He was wounded in action on the field in France on the 24/11/1917. He was injured with a gunshot wound in the back, he soon returned to duty after the injury was healed.
Hollands returned to Australia on the 13th July 1919.