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Percy HOLLIOAKE

Regimental number4510
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
Address9 Derham Street, Ballarat East, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 5"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFather, Mr H Hollioake, 9 Derham Street, Ballarat East, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years in the 70th Bn, Senior Cadets.
Enlistment date14 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 14), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
165
Family/military connectionsBrother: 4129 Pte Henry HOLLIOAKE, 4th Pioneer Bn, returned to Australia, 12 May 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 28 January 1916; disembarked Suez, 28 February 1916.

Found guilty, 1 March 1916, of being absent without leave from Muster Parade, 29 February 1916: awarded 7 days' confined to camp.

Taken on strength of 58th Bn from 2nd Training Bn, 1 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 1 September 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, HOLLIOAKE Percy

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