Cecil Roy HOLLAMBY

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HOLLAMBY, Cecil Roy

Service Numbers:	32520, S212838
Enlisted:	19 October 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
Born:	Macclesfield, South Australia, 20 May 1895
Home Town:	Macclesfield, South Australia, Mount Barker, South Australia
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Dairy Farmer
Died:	Stroke. Aged 54, Frances (40kms from Naracoorte), 30 September 1948, aged 53 years
Cemetery:	Naracoorte Cemetery, S.A. Buried plot S247
Memorials:	Adelaide Commissioner of Public Works Roll of Honour, Macclesfield ANZAC Memorial Gardens, Macclesfield Football Club Pictorial Honour Roll, Macclesfield Honour Roll WW1, Macclesfield War Memorial, Mount Barker Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

19 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
14 Feb 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 32520, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
14 Feb 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 32520, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, RMS Osterley, Melbourne
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 32520
9 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1

World War 2 Service

21 Jun 1940:	Involvement Private, S212838
21 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Keswick, SA
21 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S212838
13 Nov 1944:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Cornerstone College

Cecil Roy Hollamby was born in Macclesfield, South Australia, on the 20th May 1895 and died from a stroke, 40kms from Naracoorte, 30 September 1948, aged 53 years old.

At his time of enlistment he was 5 foot 10 inches (183.2cm) and weighed 154lbs (69.8kg). He had grey eyes and fair hair, had perfect vision and vaccination scars. When he joined the war, he was only 22- and 4-months years old. Hollamby enlisted on the 19th of October 1916, and served in the 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade. His service number was 32520.

Before life in the war, his occupation was a Dairy Farmer.

He got on the boat in Melbourne on the 14/2/17 and got off the boat at Plymouth in England on the 11/4/17. He served as a driver. Hollamby wasn’t always well behaved. While serving you were supposed to have identity tags with your service number and name and details/ identity on you at all times. He was caught without them so they took away his pay for 3 days. He was hospitalised sick on 30th January 1918, rejoining his unit on the 20th February. Amonth later he was hospitaised again in France and left hospital on 12th of April 1918 to rejoin his unit.

He returned to Australia from England in September 1919 He was discharged 9th October 1919.

Bibliography

https://vwma.org.au/explore/units/78

https://memories.net/timeline/cecilroy-hollamby-49912

https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=140834

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1800564

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