Thomas George HOLDEN

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HOLDEN, Thomas George

Service Number:	1948
Enlisted:	21 June 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in action, Pozieres, France, 4 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, North Fremantle Cenotaph, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

21 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1948, 28th Infantry Battalion
2 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 1948, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
2 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 1948, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Thomas was the son of George Hooper Holden and Catherine Holden, of Fremantle, Western Australia.

His older brother, 2674 Pte. William John Holden 51st Battalion AIF, was killed in action in the Battle of Polygon Wood, Belgium, 26 September 1917, aged 23.

A younger brother, 3215 Private Albert James Holden, Camel Corps and 10th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia 10 July 1919.

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