Major General William Holmes

Ranks Held Brigadier General, Captain, Colonel, Lieutenant, Major General, Temporary Brigadier General, Temporary Major General
Birth Date 19/12/1862
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Death Date 02/07/1917
Death Place Belgium: Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Messines
Final Rank Major General
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles
  • 2nd Australian Division
  • 4th Australian Division
  • 5 Inf Bde HQ
  • 5th Australian Infantry Brigade
  • NSWMI
  • Staff
Places
Events
Conflicts/Operations
  • South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
  • First World War, 1914-1918

Rolls

Timeline

Date of honour or award Volunteer Decoration.
Date of birth 19/12/1862
Date commissioned 1886 Served in 1 NSW Mounted Rifles.
Date of honour or award 16/04/1901 Mention in Dispatches.
Date of honour or award 19/04/1901 Distinguished Service Order.
Date of enlistment 18/08/1914
Date commissioned 1914
Date of embarkation 12/05/1915
Date of honour or award 03/06/1916 Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.
Date of honour or award 13/17/1916 Mention in Dispatches.
Date of recommendation honour or award 10/10/1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 10/03/1917
Date promoted 01/1917 Promoted to Major General.
Date of honour or award 04/01/1917 Mention in Dispatches.
Date of honour or award 28/12/1917 Mention in Dispatches.
Date of honour or award 15/02/1917 Russia Order of St Anne - 2nd Class.
Date of honour or award 01/06/1917 Mention in Dispatches.
Date of fate 02/07/1917
Date of death 02/07/1917