HOLMES, Frederick
| Service Number: | 2604 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 23 August 1916, 11.5 years in Royal Naval Reserve |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Northampton England, March 1877 |
| Home Town: | Boolaroo, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 6 December 1918, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-66. 64. |
| Memorials: | Sulphide Corporation Pty. Ltd. Cockle Creek Works Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2604, 35th Infantry Battalion, 11.5 years in Royal Naval Reserve | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2604, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2604, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney | |
| 8 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2604, 35th Infantry Battalion, MD paresis - right arm and leg |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
A Forgotten Digger of The Great War and Sandgate Cemetery.
101 years ago today, on the Friday afternoon of the 6th December 1918, Private Frederick Holmes, 35th Battalion, labourer (smelter), from First Street, Boolaroo, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 40. ANGLICAN 1-66. 64.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137492386
Born at Northampton, England 1878, parents unknown, (brother Richard Holmes of 21 Brook Street, Northampton, England), Frederick enlisted August 1916 at Broadmeadow, N.S.W.
Invalided home July 1917 with paresis - right arm and leg.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134854865
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123501961
Frederick’s name has been inscribed on the Sulphide Corporation Pty Ltd Cockle Creek Works Roll of Honour. Name not inscribed on the Boolaroo District Roll of Honour.
Sadly, Mr Holmes tried to commit suicide on the 16th October 1918 at Newcastle Beach, and died on the 4th December 1918.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article159369672
I placed a cross adorned with poppies at this forgotten digger’s unmarked grave December 2018, and submitted an application for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip May 2019, and was accepted September 2019.
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=421251#grave-photo-1
To be completed by March 2020, and will post photos.
Lest We Forget.
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