Edwin William Hollingworth VAN HOMRIGH

VAN HOMRIGH, Edwin William Hollingworth

    Service Number: 13416
    Enlisted: 20 September 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
    Last Rank: Driver
    Last Unit: 5th Motor Transport Company
    Born: Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia, 10 October 1883
    Home Town: Coorparoo, Brisbane, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Motor Mechanic
    Died: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 22 November 1966, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
    Commemorated in the QLD Garden of Remembrance, Wall 2, Row G.
    Memorials: Coorparoo Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    20 Sep 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 13416, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
    22 Dec 1916: Involvement Driver, 13416, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1916: Embarked Driver, 13416, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
    7 Jul 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 5th Motor Transport Company
    18 Oct 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 13416, 5th Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatoid athritis

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Henry George Van Homrigh and Harriet Sophia Barry Van Homrigh nee Hollingworth of Cornwall Street, Greenslopes, QLD. Brother of Arthur Arding Van Homrigh who returned to Australia on 5 June 1919 having served with the 9th Battalion

    Commenced return to Australia on 6 June 1918 aboard HT Baramba disembarking on 31 July 1918

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    On 7 April 1920 Edwin married Brenda Deighton Holland in QLD

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