HOLMES T.J.

Given Names:  Theodore James

Service Number: 

Unit:  39th Battalion, 8th reinforcements                                                                            

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant                                                                                                      

Paybook Number: 

Age:  34 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Warehouseman                                                                                           

Marital Status:  Widowed

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION     

Height:  5 Ft  8¾ In                   

Weight:  131 Lbs

Chest:  33-37 In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  22/2/1916

Place:  Broadmeadows

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Charles Henry Holmes

Semloh', Fellows Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                              

Embarkation Date:  2/2/1918

Port:  Sydney  

Ship:  HMAT Wiltshire A18

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Armagh 

Embarked:  5/4/1919                                 

Disembarked:  18/5/1919

Unit:  39th Battalion                                                                                                                       

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  2/6/1919                          

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  73343

Victory Medal:  69616

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:    14/11/1881

Place:  Melbourne, Victoria           

Father:  Charles Henry HOLMES              

Mother:  Annie LAIRD

MARRIAGE

Year:  1909     

Place:             

Spouse: Annie Lessels LAIRD

DEATH

Date or Year: 1972                                  

Place: St Leonards, New South Wales      

Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

West Hawthorn State School

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:   N318041                                                  

Date Enlisted:  23/3/1942

Date Discharged:  2/12/1942

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