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Cecil James HOLT

Regimental number47
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School Hobart, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressNetley Flats, Walker Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs Amy Elmer Holt, Netley Flats, Walker Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date20 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll10 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 9
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/14/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 1 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Machine Gun Company
FateKilled in Action 12 May 1917
Place of death or woundingLe Basse, Belgium
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialTancrez Farm Cemetery (Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 10), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
178
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Albert and Amy HOLT, "Tralee", High Street, Fremantle, Western Australia. Native of Paddington, New South Wales

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