William Holmes Military person

Major General William Holmes CMG, DSO, VD (12 September 1862 – 2 July 1917) was a senior Australian Army officer during World War I. He was mortally wounded by a German shellburst while surveying the ground won at the Battle of Messines.

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William Holmes
Birth dateSeptember 12, 1862
Birth place
New South Wales , Sydney
Date of deathJuly 02, 1917
Place of death
Belgium , Mesen

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allegianceAustralian Army
award
Mentioned in dispatches
Volunteer Officers' Decoration
Distinguished Service Order
Order of St Michael and St George
military operations
Battle of the Nek
Battle of Messines (1917)
Battle of Bita Paka
Second Boer War
Western Front (World War I)
World War I
Siege of Toma
Gallipoli Campaign
Battle of Diamond Hill
Battle of Pozières
military command
2nd Division
4th Division
6th Infantry Brigade
5th Infantry Brigade
Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
service start1872
service end1917

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