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 12th 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
Good letter page 27
- His Father received medals and plaque and scroll.
- A nephew named after him killed in WWII
- His remains were moved to Villers Bretonneux
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