Percy Sydney Holman
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Personal Information | |
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Date of Birth | 18 Oct 1895 |
Place of Birth | Kilkenny, South Australia |
Death | 25 Jul 1970, aged 74 |
Place of Death | Victoria Park, Western Australia |
Age at Enlistment | 46 years, 6 months |
Address | Mundijong, Western Australia |
Next of Kin | Wife , Mrs Ethel Holman |
Military Information | |
Reg Number | W67654 |
Date of Enlistment | 22 May 1942 |
Rank | Private |
Unit/Formation | 2nd (Fremantle) VDC Battalion |
Post War Details | |
Fate | Remained in Australia |
Pre War
On 29 Jan 1920 Percy married Jane Reid (1895 - 1926) at Mallee Dale Farm, Esperance. Jane died on 1 Aug 1926, aged 30. They had a daughter, Sophia Jean Holman (1921 - 1995) and a son Edwin George Holman (1922 - 2012). During 1929 Percy married Ethel Barrow (1895 - 25 May 1965) in Perth. They one child. Ethel died in Kelmscott on 25 May 1965.
Electoral Roll entries: 1922 - 1925 at Esperance road, Norseman, farmer; 1931 at Barton street, Queens Park, gardener; 1936 - 1943 at Whitby Fall, foreman
War Service
Enlisted in Armadale.
discharge date is unknown
Post War
Electoral Roll entries: 1949 - 1958 at Albany highway, Kelmscott, foreman; 1968 at 5 Fourth (Gilwell) avenue, Kelmscott, retired.
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