Stanley Holmes

Name    Stanley Holmes

Number    Private 2219

Battalion      46th Battalion  

Place of Birth   Korumburra

Next of Kin   His father, Lawrence Holmes of Arawata

Date and place of enlistment   Korumburra 1/5/1916

Physical details on enlistment Age 18 years 3 months,

5’ 5 ¾ “, 130 pounds, blue eyes and brown hair

Religion   Methodist

Occupation   Farmer

Date and place of death

He was killed in action 8/4/1917 at Bullecourt

Location of grave or memorial

He was buried in an isolated grave in a cemetery south of Bullecourt and north east of Baupaume. He was later moved to Villers Bretonneux.

Relationship to Woorayl Shire

He was from the Arawata area

 

 

Military History

• 1/5/ 16 He enlisted in Korumburra
• He was in the Korumburra cadets
• He had operation scars under left shoulder blade,
• He started in the Battalion depot in Geelong
• He received an anti Typhoid injection
• 16/8/16 He embarked Melbourne on RMS Orontes
• 2/10/16 He arrived in Plymouth
• He went to the 12^th Training Battalion Codford
• 4/2/17 He went to France via Folkeston
• 5/2/17 He joined his unit
• A Death certificate was sent to his father
• His effects consisted of a photo wallet, letters and photos

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• His Father received medals and plaque and scroll.
• A nephew named after him killed in WWII
• His remains were moved to Villers Bretonneux