William HOLLAND

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Service Number:	314
Enlisted:	19 December 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	7th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Bourke, New South Wales, 1893
Home Town:	Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 September 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 1, Row I, Grave 5 Rev. J. Hearn officiated, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Orange Holy Trinity Anglican Church Honour Board

19 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 314, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
22 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 314, 12th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Vestalia embarkation_ship_number: A44 public_note: ''
22 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 314, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Vestalia, Sydney
19 Aug 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Transferred from the 12 Light Horse Regiment to the 7th Light Horse Regiment
29 Sep 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 314, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 314 awm_unit: 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-09-29

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Son of Elizabeth Emily Simmons of Orange, NSW later known as Elizabeth Schultz. Grandson of Jane Ann Holland

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British war Medal, Victory Medal