Edgar Thomas HOLMES

Regimental number65400
OccupationCarpenter
Next of kinWife, Mrs Edith Hannah Holmes, 76 Shakespeare Road, Sydenham, Christchurch
Previous military serviceServed in South Africa (Boer War).
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 33rd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT No 99 Athenic on 31 December 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of disease 16 July 1918
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialBagneux British Cemetery (Plot III, Row D, Grave No 13), Gezaincourt, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: Edith H. Holmes, 37 Russell Street, Bromley, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 76, p. 8