Gordon Leslie Gerald HOLMES

HOLMES, Gordon Leslie Gerald

Service Numbers: Q128578, QX54659
Enlisted: 23 March 1943
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Toowoommba, Queensland, Australia, 16 August 1914
Home Town: Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Fireman
Died: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 11 August 1998, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Toowoomba Garden of Remembrance | Cemetery & Crematorium
Plot - FEST-98 Memorial ID - 180203356
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World War 2 Service

23 Mar 1943: Involvement Sergeant, Q128578, also QX54659
23 Mar 1943: Involvement Sergeant, QX54659, also Q128578
23 Mar 1943: Enlisted
23 Mar 1943: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, QX54659
8 Jan 1946: Discharged
8 Jan 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, QX54659

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Biography contributed by Blair Bloustien

G. Holmes, was a man of character yet was significantlychanged by the war. He was a long running member of the Toowoomba Fire Brigade, and was well mannered and respectable. Gordon was extrememly professional in all the he did, having a sense of preparedness and reliability at all matters of time. He especially liked to do a spot of gardening on the side. 

He loved and cared for all his family, expecially his three children: Lyndal Holmes, Jan Holmes and Geoff Holmes.

He was a loving member of the community, and was always ready to care for and help anybody in need.  

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