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HOLMESBY, Richard George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2819 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 November 1916, Show Ground Camp, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia, 11 February 1894 |
| Home Town: | Belmore, Canterbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tobacco Presser |
| Died: | Natural causes, Nowra, New South Wales, Australia, 24 September 1960, aged 66 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2819, 35th Infantry Battalion, Show Ground Camp, Sydney | |
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| 25 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2819, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2819, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 31 Jan 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2819, 35th Infantry Battalion, HT Osterley, England for return to Australia (chronic catarrhal deafness) - disembarking Sydney 15 April 1918 | |
| 16 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2819, 35th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit |
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