HOLT, Edgar Willoughby
| Service Number: | 5684 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Plunkett Street Public School, Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Killed in action, Bullecourt, France, 3 May 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 |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5684, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 5684, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 5684, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
The son of Lawrence and Sarah Holt, of Canterbury, New South Wales. His brother, 1943 Pte. Frederick Leonard Holt 18th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Flers on 19 November 1916, aged 26.
Edgar Holt was reported missing at Bullecourt on 3 May 1917. His mother placed a notice in the Sydney Mail during July 1917, “PTE. EDGAR WILLOUGHBY HOLT (A.I.F.), son of Mrs. S. Holt, of Ivanhoe, Lencombe Street, Canterbury, N.S.W., has been reported missing in France. His mother would be glad to hear from any soldier who can tell her anything about him.”
Nothing further was forthcoming and Edgar was declared by an AIF court of enquiry in late 1917 to be killed in action 3 May 1917. His remains were never found.
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