HOLMAN, Walter Ernest
| Service Number: | 4193 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Balaklava, South Australia, October 1886 |
| Home Town: | St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Nigwood Public School and Balaklava Public School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Noreuil, France, 2 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St Peters Heroes War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4193, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 11 Jan 1916: |
Embarked
AIF WW1, Private, 4193, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' |
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| 29 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4193, 50th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm | |
| 20 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4193, 50th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages | |
| 2 Apr 1917: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 4193, 50th Infantry Battalion, Noreuil, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4193 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...4193 Private Walter Ernest Holman, 10th Battalion. A farmer from St Peters, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 13th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 11 January 1916 aboard HMAT Borda (A30) for Egypt. On 29 February 1916 he was transferred to the 50th Battalion which relocated to the Western Front France in early June 1916. Pte Holman was killed in action on 2 April 1917 during the attack on the village of Noreuil. He has no known grave and he is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France. He was aged 30 years." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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