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HOLMES, George Piggott
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 267 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Marshall, Geelong Victoria, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 29 September 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile Plot II, Row D, Grave 12 Headstone Inscription "UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY", Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geelong Marshalltown Young Mens Club Roll of Honor, Geelong St. Cuthbert's Church and Sunday School Roll of Honor, Waurn Ponds Shire of South Barwon Honor Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 267, 10th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 267, 10th Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 267, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Killed in action |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of John Richard and Margaret HOLMES. Native of Marshall, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.