HOLMES E.R.

Given Names:  Ernest Randall

Service Number:  1143

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade 2, Bty 6                                                                                 

Rank:  Sergeant                                                                                                              

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Age:  23 Yrs   

Occupation:  Banker                                                                                                       

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION     

Height:  5 Ft  6½ In                   

Weight:  148 Lbs

Chest:  37 In

Hair:  Brown (Wavy)

Eyes:  Hazel

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/8/1914

Place:  Albert Park

Next of Kin:  FATHER  William Henry Holmes

c/- Permewan Wright & Co, 12 Loftus Street, Sydney, New South Wales                            

Embarkation Date:  20/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                        

Ship:  HMAT Shropshire A9

END OF WAR 

Status:  Died of wounds

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Unit:  2nd Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                     

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  3026

British War Medal:  2604

Victory Medal:  2604

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:    3/4/1891

Place:  Maryborough, Victoria                  

Father:  William Henry HOLMES               

Mother:  Eva Florence Lucy Ella FRAZER

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 30/10/1916                         

Place: 8th Field Ambulance, France          

Burial:  Thistle Dump Cemetery, Longueval, France

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Served in Egypt, Gallipoli and France

Died on same day as a result of wounds inflicted by shell burst; did not regain consciousness

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Surrey Gardens Shrine

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 356108

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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