Roy Holden UPHAM

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Service Number:	6612
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Prahran, Victoria, Australia, September 1978, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia
Tree Plaque:	Ballarat Avenue of Honour
Memorials:	Ballarat Avenue of Honour

2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6612, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6612, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne

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Son of George Warwick Upham and Mary Jane Upham nee Holden of Juliett Street, Marrickville, NSW

19 June 1916 - enlisted at Ballarat with the 8th Battalion and with the rank of Private

7 May 1917 - wounded. wound to the head

8 September 1918 - promoted to Corporal

Mentioned in Despatches - London Gazette on 11 July 1919, page 8830, position 25

Commonwealth of Australia Gazetteon 30 October 1919, page 1659, position 38

Commenced return to Australia on 23 July 1919 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 10 September 1919

25 October 1919 - discharged at the 3rd Military District

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1926c Roy married Myrtle Agnes Young in Victoria