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Private JOHN WILLIAM HOLMES

Service Number: 15230
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lincolnshire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 January 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY

C. VI. 1.

Malta

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Emily Barnett (formerly Holmes), of 3, Newstead St., Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia, and the late John Richard Holmes. Native of Cossal, Notts.
  • Personal Inscription GOD TOOK HIM FROM OUR MIDST BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEARTS
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Buried or commemorated at

PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY
Malta
Number of casualties: 2255
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