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Harry Vivian Holmes

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 30), Page: 3 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 30), Page: 3 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harry Vivian AWMM
  • Surname
    Holmes AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 11470 AWMM
    • WWII 813011 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 June 1893 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 William Holmes (father), Pukeatua, Te Awamutu, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1 May 1916 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Engineer/Military AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Other, WWI AWMM
    Nature of injury: G.S.W. lt leg and c/f tibia Pension: 10/- Percent: [Not stated] Source: New Zealand. Army (c.1920). A further list of the names of ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    20 December 1974 AWMM
  • Date of death
    20th december 1974 Public - gaynor anne - Child - 29 December 2015 - sargeant in the expeditionary forces - first marriage had a son Ian Holmes in the navy and second marriage had 4 children, Elwyne, Gaynor, Desmond and pamela
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    ranfurly home - auckland Public - gaynor anne - Child - 29 December 2015 - sargeant in the expeditionary forces - first marriage had a son Ian Holmes served in the navy and second marriage had 4 children, Elwyne, Gaynor, Desmond and pamela
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Auckland Waikumete cemetary Public - gaynor anne - Child - 29 December 2015 - sageant in the expeditionary forces - first marriage had a son Ian Holmes in the navy and second marriage had 4 children, Elwyn, Gaynor, Desmond and pamela
  • Grave reference
    cremated 23rd december 1974 Public - gaynor anne - Child - 29 December 2015 - sageant in the expeditionary forces - first marriage had a son Ian Holmes in the navy and second marriage had 4 children, Elwyn, Gaynor, Desmond and pamela
  • Obituary
    my father we didn't understand what you went through in the 1st world war - horrific and you were so brave, became a sergeant and so young, we love and admire you dad!! Public - gaynor anne - Child - 29 December 2015 - sargeant in the expeditionary forces - first marriage had a son Ian Holmes in the navy and second marriage had 4 children, Elwyn, Gaynor, Desmond and pamela
  • Memorial name
    harry Vivian holmes Public - gaynor anne - Child - 29 December 2015 - sargeant in the expeditionary forces - first marriage had a son Ian Holmes in the navy and second marriage had 4 children, Elwyne, Gaynor, Desmond and pamela
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Pukeatua War Memorial Church and obelisk, Pukeatua, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      30: 3 AWMM
    • New Zealand. Army (c.1920). A further list of the names of ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% : compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent war pensions; and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) discharged hospital patients; assessed as suffering permanent disability, and who are whilst in hospital, receiving full pensions. New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 3: Includes portrait AWMM

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29 December 2015gaynor annemorrinsville new zealandChild

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