HOLLEY, Bertie
| Service Numbers: | 3326, 3328 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Huntspill, Somerset, England, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3326, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3326, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 3328, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3328 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
15th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was a son of Eliza Holley, of Palmwoods, Queensland, and the late Frederick Holley. Born at Huntspill, Somerset, England.
Births Sep 1893 Holley Bertie Bridgwater 5c 351
Next of kin
Sister, E Holly, Springvale, Southbrook via Toowoomba, Queensland
Enlistment date 24 July 1915
Place of enlistment Toowoomba, Queensland
Rank on enlistment Private
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/32/2
Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 2 October 1915.
Age at embarkation-22.
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Taken on strength, 15th Bn, Moascar, 5 February 1916.
Transferred to 47th Bn, 3 March 1916.
Admitted to hospital, Serapeum, 17 May 1916; rejoined Bn, 22 May 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 1 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 8 June 1916.
Admitted to 4th Australian Field Ambulance, 13 October 1916 (tonsillitis); rejoined Bn, 24 October 1916.
Reported missing, 12 October 1917.
Court of Enquiry, Crepy, 2 November 1917, concluded: 'Killed in action, 12 October 1917'.
[There is an error in the AIF report in that he was actually killed on 1th April 1917, so the references to October that year cannot be correct]
Regimental number incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as 3326.
Sources
NAA: B2455, HOLLEY Bertie.
Two brothers are known to have served with Australian forces-Private Clifford Holley -Service Number 538 - 31st Battalion was killed in action, 20 July 1916 in France, and Private Henry James Holley -Service Number 537, also of the 31st Battalion, survived the war and returned to Australia 9 February 1919.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
His mother's addresses subsequently were- Rosedale Farm, Wyreema, via Toowoomba, Queensland (2 November 1916); then, c/o Mr Buchanan, Bellavesta, Mullumbimby; then, c/o Mrs McAuliffe, Margaret Street, Toowoomba, Darling Downs, Queensland (15 March 1921); then, corner of Green Street and Tingal Road, Wynnum, Queensland (7 November 1921); Palmwoods, North Coast Line, Queensland (20 October 1922)
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