HOLMES, Cyril
| Service Number: | 1400 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 10 June 1898 |
| Home Town: | Muswellbrook, Muswellbrook, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 25 March 1936, aged 37 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-141. 13. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1400, 12th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 20 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1400, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Uganda embarkation_ship_number: A66 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1400, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Uganda, Sydney | |
| 27 Apr 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1400, 12th Light Horse Regiment, 2 MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell
Resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
84 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 25th March 1936, Private Cyril Holmes, 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment, labourer and bricklayer from Carl Street, Muswellbrook, New South Wales and 109 Chinchen Street, Islington, N.S.W., father of one (Betty), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 37. ANGLICAN 2-141. 13.
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Born at Tighes Hill, New South Wales on the 10th June 1898 to Henry (Harry) William and Maria Jane Holmes; husband of Katie Jean Holmes nee Brown (married 1921, Muswellbrook, N.S.W., died?), Cyril enlisted August 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 4.9.1916 to 9.9.1916 (West Nile fever), Cyril was wounded in action - 31.10.1917 (GSW right jaw and left leg at the Charge of the 4th Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba), and was invalided home March 1918.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107562102
His name has been inscribed on the Muswellbrook War Memorial, Muswellbrook Uniting Church WW1 & WW2 Honour Rolls and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
Many thanks to Jenny Vanderpot for the following family history.
Born in Tighes Hill, Newcastle, then went to live with relatives when still a boy in Muswellbrook where he later joined "The March to Freedom". He was shot in the jaw and leg and invalided out of service when the war ended. Married in Muswellbrook and had one daughter. In 2014 he is survived by one granddaughter, great granddaughter and ggg grandson. Before joining up Cyril worked in the coal mines and after he returned became a bricklayer. At the time of his death he was working in the steel works. Other members of Cyril family tree are also buried in Sandgate.
Unfortunately, my grandmother's photo albums were destroyed so this is the only photo I have of Cyril.
Service record states Died after Discharge.
Mr Holmes has been commemorated with an Australian War Graves headstone.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=444804#2
Lest We Forget.
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