HOLT, George Frederick
| Service Number: | Q138657 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 February 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 7 March 1911 |
| Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Jockey |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 16 September 1979, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 25 Feb 1942: | Involvement Private, Q138657 | |
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| 25 Feb 1942: | Enlisted | |
| 25 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q138657 | |
| 22 Mar 1943: | Discharged | |
| 22 Mar 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q138657 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
George was the sixth of nine children of Alfred Holt (born 1880 in Rockhampton, QLD) and Alice Annie Hunt (born 1882 at Wilcannia, NSW). Alfred - a Horse Trainer - and Alice married in 1902 in Brisbane, QLD and moved to Rockhampton, QLD where they raised their family.
George, a Jockey, married Joyce Doreen McLachlan (nee Jackson, born 1907 at Boonah in QLD) in 1940 in Rockhampton, QLD. In February 1942 George enlisted in the Army, and was a Private (Service No:Q138657) attached to 1 HTB when he was Discharged in March 1943.
George and Joyce lived in Rockhampton, where George was a Meatworker before moving to Townsville where George worked for the Post Office. In 1963 George and Joyce had moved to Brisbane, QLD and George was a Labourer and Joyce a Barmaid. Joyce died in 1977 and George in 1979.
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