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Clarence George HOLMES

Regimental number3537
Place of birthWest Street, Rockhampton, Queensland
SchoolRockhampton Boys Central School, Rockhampton, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Addressc/o Imperial Hotel, Rockhampton, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellen Holmes, c/o Miss A E Phillips, Oxford Road, Rockhampton, Queensland
Enlistment date30 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 3 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll31st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 25 April 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death33
Place of burialLa Neuville British Cemetery (Plot II, Row G, Grave No. 19), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
118
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Francis adn Ellen HOLMES, "Woodstock", Glenmore Road, Paddington, Sdney, New South Wales. Native of Rockhampton, Queensland
Family/military connectionsBrother: Killed in Action.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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