Edwin Mansfield HOLLOWAY

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HOLLOWAY, Edwin Mansfield

Service Number:	2676
Enlisted:	20 July 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Inglewood, Queensland, Australia, 15 March 1885
Home Town:	Inglewood, Goondiwindi, Queensland
Schooling:	Inglewood State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Inglewood War Memorial, Town of Roma and Shire of Bungil WW1 Honour Board, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

World War 1 Service

20 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2676, 52nd Infantry Battalion
7 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2676, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2676, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

His younger brother, 3049 Pte. Alfred Benjamin Holloway, 42nd Battalion AIF, was later killed in action 25 August 1918, aged 23. They were the sons of Benjamin Henry and Priscilla Jane Holloway, of Inglewood, Queensland. Their father had passed away during 1909, when Edwin was about 23 years of age, and Alfred was only 14 years old.

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