William Holmes
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 107 years ago |
Date of birth | September 12,1862 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Sydney |
Australia | |
Date of died | July 2,1917 |
Died | Mesen |
Belgium | |
Parents | William Holmes |
Battles and wars | Second Boer War |
Battle of Diamond Hill | |
Education | Washington & Jefferson College |
Servicebranch | New South Wales Military Forces; Citizens Military Force |
Year of servic | 1872–1917 |
Awards | Order of St Michael and St George |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1817583 |
William Holmes Life story
Major General William Holmes CMG, DSO, VD was a senior Australian Army officer during the First World War. He was mortally wounded by a German artillery shell while surveying the ground won at the Battle of Messines.