Matthew HOLMES

Regimental number23176
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs Emily Ann Holmes, 605 Queen Street, Hastings
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Reinforcements to 4th Battalion, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 27 May 1916
Final rankSergeant
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigadek
FateKilled in Action 29 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialVaulx Hill Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No 10), nr Bapaume, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Emily Ann Holmes
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 33, p. 35