English Māori Matthew Holmes Died 29 August 1918 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 23176 AWMM Also known asMathew AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Sergeant AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesMatthew AWMM SurnameHolmes AWMM Ingoa Also known asMathew AWMM Service numberWWI 23176 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationMrs Emily Ann Holmes (mother), 605 Queen Street, Hastings, New Zealand AWMM Relationship status Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 23176 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 27 May 1916-27 July 1916 AWMM from Wellington, New Zealand AWMM to AWMM HMNZT 55 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Rifleman AWMM 4th Reinforcements 4th Battalion, H Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW1 Sergeant AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Son of John and Emily Ann Holmes, of 705 Queen Street East, Hastings. Mathew on CWG AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death29 August 1918 AWMM Age 29 AWMM Bapaume, France AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled in Action AWMM Death notes CemeteryVaulx Hill Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM I. A. 10. AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Matthew Holmes by laying a poppy. Margaret Jean Holmes Mathew Holmes Matthew Holmes Melville Arthur Cyril Holmes Melville William Holmes Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Matthew Holmes Leave a note Contribute › Processing Contribute › To Matthew, Faithfully remembered year by year by the Mitchell Family (Great Uncle of Jennifer Mitchell, Great Great Uncle of Magnus Mitchell and Alexandra Mitchell). May you rest in peace. Public - Magnus Mitchell - Other relative - 17 April 2016 Report Related objects Crusader : official organ of Thirteenth Reinforcements aboard H.M.N.Z.T. No.55 Library / Pictorial › publication London D526.2 CRU Related Serviceperson Leonard Holmes Reuben Holmes Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=18049287 Further Reference A Street Near You record https://astreetnearyou.org/person/614476/- Further Reference Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/614476 Further Reference DocumentsScadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War. AWMM Military Service Record AWMM New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM 33: 35 AWMM The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) AWMM Contributors Processing Command item Command item Add new record Refresh DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact 17 April 2016Magnus Mitchell Egham, Surrey, England, United KingdomOther relative The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License