Major Basil Holmes

Ranks Held	Captain, Lieutenant, Major
Birth Date	1892-09-11
Birth Place	Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Death Date	1989
Final Rank	Major
Service	Australian Imperial Force
Unit	17th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place	Sydney
Conflicts/Operations	First World War, 1914-1918 First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes	Published in London Gazette in 1918-01-01 Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-28 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18

Rolls

First World War Nominal Roll:

Unit

17th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Captain
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Unit

17th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Major
First World War Embarkation Roll:

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Lieutenant
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Unit

17th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Major
Honours and Awards:

Unit

17th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Major

London Gazette

01 January 1918 on page 28 at position 28

Commonwealth Gazette

18 April 1918 on page 846 at position 65
Honours and Awards:

Unit

17th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Major

London Gazette

28 December 1917 on page 13566 at position 29

Commonwealth Gazette

18 April 1918 on page 843 at position 104

Timeline

Date of birth	11 September 1892
date of birth	11 September 1892
Date of enlistment	24 January 1915
Date of embarkation	19 June 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award	09 September 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award	30 September 1917
Date of discharge	21 December 1917
Date of death	1989
Date of death	1989

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