HOLSWICH, Charles Albert
| Service Number: | 1 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 November 1914, Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ |
| Born: | Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | School Teacher, Soldier & Orchardist |
| Died: | Illness, Dural, New South Wales, Australia, 26 March 1935 |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Rockdale Methodist Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant Major, 1, 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ, Melbourne | |
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| 25 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant Major, 1, 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Feb 1915: | Embarked 1, 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne | |
| 2 May 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant Major, 1, 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ, Medically unfit |
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Charles Albert HOLSWICH was born in Mudgee, NSW in 1888
His parents were William HOLSWICH & Mary BAYLISS who married in Mudgee in 1881
He married Vita Grace BURWOOD in Mudgee Methodist Church on 26th February, 1911 - she died in Launceston, Tasmania on 30th October, 1970
He had previously served in the 2nd NSW Mounted Rifles with the instructional staff for the CMF & was a school teacher before he enlisted and later on became an orchardist
He enlisted in Melbourne on 10th November, 1914 & embarked from Melbourne on the HMAT Star of Victoria on 25th February, 1915
Charles was a Staff Sergeant Major in the 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ and was one of the first Anzacs - he returned to Australia on 7th November, 1915 on the ship Runic and was discharged as medically unfit on 2nd May, 1916
Charles died of sudden illness in Dural, NSW on 26th March, 1935 and was cremated at Rookwood
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His son Group Captain Lyle Charles Macquarie HOLSWICH was in the Royal Australian Air Force during WW2 and died on 10th December, 1945 in an aircraft accident in Labuan
His brother Cyril James HOLSWICH served during the Boer War (SN 292) and (SN 141) as a Trooper in the 3rd Regiment of the NSW Mounted Rifles
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