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HOLT, Arthur Ernest

Service Number:	306
Enlisted:	22 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 31 October 1893
Home Town:	Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Pyap River Murray School, Burke Ward & Central Schools, Broken Hill
Occupation:	Locomotive Engine Driver
Died:	Died of Illness (Enteric Fever), Valetta Military Hospital, Malta, United Kingdom, 28 September 1915, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Pieta Military Cemetery Grave B. XV. 3., Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta, Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery, Nunhead Cemetery, Southwark, London, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill War Memorial, Prospect South Australian Soldiers at Gallipoli Memorial

World War 1 Service

22 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 306, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Morphettville, South Australia
22 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 306, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
22 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 306, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide
1 Jun 1915:	Wounded ANZAC / Gallipoli
27 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 306, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 306 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-09-27

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 20 and the son of James Holt and Emily Holt, nee Brooks.