HOLLAND, Edwin Rickard
| Service Number: | 2226 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 6 June 1877 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Public School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 30 August 1916, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2226, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2226, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2226, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Wandilla, Fremantle | |
| 30 Aug 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 2226, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2226 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-08-30 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Born in Paddington NSW, married to Eliza Holland and the father of two small children when he enlisted at 38 years of age. He joined the 16th Battalion at Gallipoli on the 2 August 1915.
He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal because he basically fought like a man possessed for four days at Pozieres during the early part of August 1916, going out on 1-man patrols, in full daylight, digging out men buried from bombardments, and doing much execution with his Lewis Machine Gun with which he worked in a fearless manner.
He was shot through the head on the 30 August 1916 and killed instantly while directing a party of Lewis gunners.
Sadly, his brother 3852 Private George Holland 51st Battalion AIF died of wounds during April 1917.
His only daughter Joan Holland died in Sydney on 5 May 1917. His son WX5725 Howard Edwin Holland 2/28th Battalion died of wounds in New Guinea on 7 August 1945, age 29.
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