Albert Cunningham Holmes

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First Name:

Albert

Middle Name:

Cunningham

Last Name:

Holmes

Mother's Name:

Harriet Holmes nee Harvey

Father's Name:

William Holmes

Date Enlisted:

Friday, November 19, 1915

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Lance Corporal

Unit:

31st Battalion

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Tuesday, July 23, 1918

Place of Death:

Demicourt, France

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Details:

Albert Holmes (Service No 2950) was born in St Marys, N.S.W. in 1886.

At enlistment Albert was single, 29 years old, worked as a tanner and lived at Bulli, N.S.W.

He embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT A68 Anchises with 31st Battalion, 5th Reinforcement on 14th March 1916. After arriving in France from Egypt on 30th June 1916, Albert joined 31st Battalion in the field on 28th September 1916.

He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 1st January 1917 and saw service on the Western Front. He was admitted to hospital on 5th June 1917 with trench fever and finally returned to duty on 5th December 1917.

Albert was killed in action on 23rd July 1918. He is buried in Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Plot I, Row C, Grave 2.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, HOLMES A C 2950