William John HOLMES

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Service Number:	2478
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Home Town:	Bullarto, Hepburn, Victoria
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 26 July 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Pozieres British Cemetery Ovillers-La Boisselle, Pozieres, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Castlemaine Strangways State School No 1538 Honor Roll WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Yapeen State School No. 1903 Great European War Roll of Honor

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16 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 2478, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 2478, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne

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