Harry Robert HOLMAN

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HOLMAN, Harry Robert

Service Number:	1210
Enlisted:	25 February 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1876
Home Town:	Daylesford, Hepburn, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Hardware salesman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 1 January 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

25 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1210, Melbourne, Victoria
20 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1210, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
20 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1210, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
1 Jan 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1210, 38th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...1210 Private Harry Robert Holman, 38th Battalion from Windsor, Victoria. A 40 year old salesman prior to enlisting on 25 February 1916, he embarked for overseas with D Company from Melbourne on 20 June 1916 aboard HMAT Runic. After a short time in hospital, he joined the battalion in France where he was killed in action near Armentieres on 1 January 1917. Pte Holman is commemorated on the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, France with others who have no known grave." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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