Joseph Leonard HOLLAND BEM

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HOLLAND, Joseph Leonard

Service Numbers:	104, N274456, N390942
Enlisted:	2 February 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 3 March 1897
Home Town:	Hyde Park, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocers Assistant
Died:	Highgate, South Australia, 5 March 1963, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

2 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 104, 27th Infantry Battalion
31 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 104, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
31 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 104, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''

World War 2 Service

29 Jul 1941:	Involvement Driver, N274456
29 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N274456
29 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Paddington, NSW
18 Nov 1941:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N274456
18 Nov 1941:	Discharged
23 Mar 1942:	Involvement Sapper, N390942
23 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Paddington, NSW
23 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N390942
14 Sep 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N390942
14 Sep 1945:	Discharged

Joseph Leonard Holland

Uncle Jos was my great-uncle. He lived in West Hindmarsh. I remember him as a very tall, upright gentleman. I was in awe of him, he was a Warder at the Adelaide and Yatala Gaols (for which he later was awarded the BEM for service to the SA Prisons Department)
Joseph embarked in 1915, along with his older brother Albert, for Gallipoli, then eventually on to France. His older brother Thomas was already on active service.
On one occasion, all three brothers met up in the trenches. I have a photo copy.
Joseph was also a prolific letter writer and I have one sent to his sister Ellen, my grandmother.
Joseph died in 1963 aged 66 years.

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