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• Edward Charles Holmes †

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Service number

• Service number 2903

Ranks

• Held rank of Private
• Held rank of Corporal
• Held rank of Sergeant

Birth record

• 18 March 1893 in Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia

Death records

• Died on service
• 10 May 1917 in Noreuil, Pas-de-Calais, France

Address

• Haldene, 86 Spencer Road, Mosman, NSW, Australia

Relationships

• Father - James Henry Holloway Holmes
• Mother - Caroline Bartlett
• Brother - Arthur James Holmes

Organisation

• 54th Battalion, AIF

Main sources

• HOLMES Edward Charles : Service Number - 2903 : Place of Birth - Mosman NSW : Place of Enlistment - Liverpool NSW : Next of Kin - (Mother) HOLMES Caroline (NAA file)
• HOLMES Edward Charles : Service Number - 2903 : Place of Birth - Mosman NSW : Place of Enlistment - Liverpool NSW : Next of Kin - (Mother) HOLMES Caroline (website)
• First World War Embarkation Roll: Edward Charles Holmes (webpage)
• Roll of Honour: Edward Charles Holmes (website)
• Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Files: Edward Charles Holmes (website)
• 309TH CASUALTY LIST. NEW SOUTH WALES. KILLED. (newspaper article)
• WAR CASUALTIES. KILLED. (newspaper article)

Commemorations

• HOLMES E. C. on the West Face of the Mosman War Memorial
• Holmes, E C on the St Clement's World War 1 Roll of Honour