Edwin Arthur HOLLINWORTH

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HOLLINWORTH, Edwin Arthur

Service Number:	1610
Enlisted:	30 August 1915
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	7th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia , 12 April 1890
Home Town:	Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 28 May 1936, aged 46 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Zone C Anglican Section 12, Grave 2798
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

30 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 1610, 2nd Australian Remount Unit
10 Nov 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 1610, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked Trooper, 1610, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
24 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 7th Light Horse Regiment
9 Nov 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 1610, 7th Light Horse Regiment, GSW left forearm
25 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 1610, 7th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd MD wounding

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Rookwood Cemetery Remembrance eBook

Tpr Edwin Arthur Hollinworth- aka 'Hollingworth'

At the age of 25, on the 20th of September 1915, Edwin Arthur Hollinworth enlisted in the war and was appointed to the 2nd Light Horse Remount Division.

Edwin sailed to Egypt and in March, 1916, he was transferred to the 7th Light Horse division in Cairo. The 7th Light Horse became responsible

for a sector on the far right of the ANZAC line and he fought in Gaza, Beersheba, Jerusalem and Amman.

On the 16th of November, 1917, he suffered a gunshot wound and lost the use of his left arm. Following this, he was no longer able to take part in the war and returned to Australia.

Edwin had brought several souvenirs from the war, which he used to show to visitors. One of these was a bomb that had already been detonated. On the 28th of May, 1936, he was demonstrating to a visitor how the bomb would have worked and inserted the percussion cap into

the bomb. Unfortunately, there was suf cient gun powder inside the casing to cause an explosion, and Edwin died almost immediately. The 19-year- old male visitor lost an eye and his daughter Willa, aged 12, suffered shrapnel wounds and abrasions, luckily both survived.

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