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Private HENRY JOHN HOLMES

Service Number: 1111A
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Pioneers

2nd

Date of Death

Died 29 July 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

V. A. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Elijah and Margaret Holmes, of 96, Brisbane St., Hobart, Tasmania.
  • Personal Inscription O GOD OUR HELP IN AGES PAST OUR HOPE FOR YEARS TO COME
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Buried or commemorated at

GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1680
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