Stanley Robert HOLGATE

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HOLGATE, Stanley Robert

Service Numbers:	2675, W30801
Enlisted:	18 August 1915, Transferred to 51st Battalion 3 March 1916
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Busselton, Western Australia, 21 March 1894
Home Town:	Busselton, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Busselton, Western Australia, 16 July 1974, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Busselton Cemetery, Western Australia
Memorials:	Busselton Brass Band, Busselton Volunteer Fire Brigade, Busselton War Memorial

World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2675, 28th Infantry Battalion, Transferred to 51st Battalion 3 March 1916
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 2675, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 2675, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle

World War 2 Service

13 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, W30801

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Biography contributed by Joy Dalgleish

Military Medal – Stan Holgate was recommended for this medal on 20 August 1916 and it appears as if it was not awarded to him

‘ For continuous bravery between 13th-16th Aug 1916, at Pozieres. This man was one of four runners posted at a relay running station between Pond Rogers & the advanced signal station. For 3 days & nights, these men carried messages incessantly under heavy shellfire & through enemy barrages, delivering them with astonishing rapidity over exposed & obliterated tracks & terrain’.

Son of John Holgate, Busselton, Western Australia

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