Ernest Brook HOLDSWORTH

HOLDSWORTH, Ernest Brook

Service Number: 625
Enlisted: 25 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born: Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, 1888
Home Town: Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling: Idle National School, Bradford, Yorkeshire, England
Occupation: Engineer
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 9 May 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave Panel 53, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

25 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 625, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 625, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 625, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Arrived in Australia aged 25 years

Son of Arthur Holdsworth of 35 Woodine Terrace, Idle, Bradford, Yorkeshire, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal