Major General William Holmes

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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

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    Portrait of Major General William Holmes CMG DSO VD. General Holmes was General Officer ...

    Portrait of Major General William Holmes CMG DSO VD. General Holmes was General Officer ...

    MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM HOLMES CMG DSO VD. GENERAL HOLMES HAD SERVED IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR AND ...

    Portrait of Colonel William Holmes, Commander of the Navy and Military Expedition Force (AN&MEF) ...

    Portrait of Colonel William Holmes, Commander of the Navy and Military Expedition Force (AN&MEF) ...

    The flogging of a German by orders of Colonel William Holmes, as a reprisal for the flogging of a ...

    The flogging of a German by orders of Colonel William Holmes, as a reprisal for the flogging of a ...

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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

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