HOLMES H.S.

Given Names:  Howard Schomberg

Service Number:  61624

Unit:  12th General (Victorian) Reinforcements                                                                  

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  613972

Age:  23 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                          

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION     

Height:  5 Ft  5 In                     

Weight:  119 Lbs

Chest:  31-33½ In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  27/5/1918

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  William Henry Holmes

99 Stevenson Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                   

Embarkation Date:  31/8/1918

Port:  Melbourne                                        

Ship:  HMAT Barambah A37

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Euripides

Embarked:  6/9/1919                                 

Disembarked:  20/10/1919

Unit:  58th Battalion                                                                                                                       

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  4/11/1919                        

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  75524

Victory Medal:  Not earned

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:    20/2/1893

Place:  Ballarat, Victoria                           

Father:  William Henry HOLMES               

Mother:  Eva Florence Lucy Ella FRAZER

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 23/10/1969                         

Place: Murrumbeena, Victoria                  

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

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