HOLMES, Angus William
| Service Number: | 1864 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ellendale, Tasmania, Australia, 10 November 1891 |
| Home Town: | Ellendale, Central Highlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Wounds, Edmonton Military Hospital, Edmonton, London, England, 14 March 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Plot XI, Row F, Grave No. II |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ellendale Roll of Honour, Gretna War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1864, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1864, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1864, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of Charles John and Phoebe HOLMES
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 14th March…… Angus William Holmes was born at Ellendale, Tasmania on 10th November, 1891.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 20th January, 1915 as a 23 year old, single, Carpenter from Ellendale, Macquarie Plains, Tasmania.
Private Angus William Holmes, Service number 1864, embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia on HMAT Argyllshire (A8) on 19th April, 1915 with the 12th Infantry Battalion, 4th Reinforcements.
He was taken on strength of 12th Battalion at Gallipoli on 26th May, 1915 from Reinforcements.
On 24th July, 1915 Private Holmes reported sick & was admitted to No. 3 Field Ambulance at Gallipoli with Influenza. He was transferred to No. 1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station on 25th July, 1915 then transferred to Fleet Sweeper (used to evacuate wounded soldiers from Anzac Cove/North Beach, to the Hospital Ships further out) the same day. Private Holmes was admitted to General Hospital at Gibraltar on 6th August, 1915 with Enteric Fever. He was transferred to Hospital Ship Mauretania on 1st October, 1915 for England.
[The Service Record file does not record which Hospital Private Holmes was admitted to on arriving in England]
Private Holmes was admitted to Verne Military Hospital, England with V.D. on 27th October, 1915 & was discharged on 6th November, 1915 – a period of 11 days. He was reported again for a period of 8 days to 4th December, 1915 while in UK.
He was transferred from Monte Video, Dorset to Perham Downs, Salisbury, Wiltshire on 28th June, 1916.
On 18th July, 1916 Private Holmes was admitted to Bulford Military Hospital, Wiltshire with V.D. from 3rd Training Battalion. He was discharged on 28th July, 1916. Total period of V.D. – 11 days.
Private Holmes was admitted to General Hospital at Bulford on 6th August, 1916 with V.D.
He was written up for an Offence while posted at Perham Downs – Absent without Leave from 06.45hrs on 1st September, 1916 to 18.00hrs on 6th September, 1916. He was awarded 144 hours detention & forfeited 6 days’ pay.
Private Holmes was written up for a Crime while posted 3rd Training Battalion, Perham Downs, Wiltshire – being out of Bounds without a pass on 10th October, 1916. He was awarded 7 days Confined to Camp.
On 15th October, 1916 Private Holmes proceeded Overseas to France. He was marched in to 1st A.D.B.D. (Australian Divisional Base Depot) at Etaples, France on 16th October, 1916. Private Holmes proceeded from 1st A.D.B.D. on 9th November, 1916 to join his Unit & was taken on strength of 12th Battalion in the Field on 17th November, 1916.
Private Holmes was wounded in action in France on 27th February, 1917 (1 Officer & 27 other ranks were killed & 9 Officers & 61 other ranks were wounded with 12th Battalion). He was admitted to 1st Australian Field Ambulance on 27th February, 1917 with G.S.W. (gunshot wound/s) to Left Buttock. Private Holmes was transferred & admitted to 3rd Canadian General Hospital at Boulogne, France on 1st March, 1917. He embarked for England on 2nd March, 1917 on Hospital Ship St. Denis.
On 3rd March, 1917 he was admitted to Edmonton Military Hospital, London, England. The Hospital Admissions form recorded “G.S.W. Lt Thigh & Buttock, Wd left thigh & left buttock c̄ fracture of structural tibia (?) only. He was reported as dangerously ill on 6th March, 1917.
Base Records advised Mr C. J. Holmes, Ellendale, Macquarie Plains, Tasmania, father of Private Angus William Holmes, on 13th March, 1917 that Private Angus Holmes had been admitted to Hospital on 6th March dangerously ill.
Private Angus William Holmes died on 14th March, 1917 at Edmonton Military Hospital, Edmonton, London, England from wounds received in action in France – G.S.W. Left Thigh & Left Buttock. The Hospital Admissions form recorded “Death from Gas Gangrene.”
He was buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, England where around 360 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/h.html
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