Arthur James HOLMES MSM

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Service Number:	1708
Enlisted:	26 May 1915
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia, 4 June 1891
Home Town:	Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 1 May 1972, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW East Terrace 2 Wall 13
Memorials:	Mosman St. Clements Anglican Church Great War Roll of Honour, Sydney Employees of Hooper & Harrison Ltd. Roll of Honour

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26 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
19 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1708, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
19 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1708, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney
3 Jun 1919:	Honoured Meritorious Service Medal (MSM), London Gazette, p6917 at position 24, for "untiring devotion to duty"
16 Jun 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ormonde, Return to Australia
3 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1708, 20th Infantry Battalion

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