HOLLAND, Joseph
| Service Number: | 1957 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | New Hindmarsh, South Australia, 20 November 1897 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | 5 March 1963, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Bowden Albert Lodge No 12 U.A.O.D. Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1957, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1957, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 1957, 32nd Infantry Battalion |
Joseph Leonard Holland BEM
Joseph Leonard Holland BEM was my Great-uncle Jose. He lived in West Hindmarsh.
I remember him as a very tall, upright gentleman. I was in awe of him.
He was a Warder at the Adelaide and Yatala Gaols in South Australia.
He was awarded the British Empire Medal for his service to the SA Prisons Department.
Joseph embarked in 1915, along with his older brother Albert, for Gallipoli, then eventually on to France. Their older brother Thomas was already on active service, also in Gallipoli.
On one occasion all three brothers met up in the trenches in France. I have a copy of that photo.
Joseph was also a prolific letter writer and I have one letter that he sent to his sister Ellen, my Grandmother.
Uncle Jose died in 1963, aged 66 years.
Submitted 9 February 2022 by Gwen Anderson
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