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Sydney Whittaker HOLMES

Regimental number1226
Place of birthLeichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolLeichhardt Superior Public School and Five Dock School, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationCarpenter
AddressHenry Street, Five Dock, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMrs Holmes, Five Dock, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Forces
Enlistment date17 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameInfantry Brigade Train 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/97/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A39 Port Macquarie on 21 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Company, Australian Armny Service Corps
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of Enteric Fever
FateDied of disease 29 January 1916
Place of death or woundingHeliopolis, Egypt
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialCairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 286), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
181
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Sarah HOLMES, Newcastle Street, Five Dock, New South Wales
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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