William Ernest HOLMES

Regimental number72359
OccupationSchool teacher
Next of kinWife, Mrs E M Holmes, 286 York Place, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 37th Reinforcements, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 103 Maunganui on 9 May 1918
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 9 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialBeaulencourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No 20), Ligny-Thilloy, France
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Rolls Vol. 4: Roll 82, p. 4

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