Gerard (Jack) HOLLY

HOLLY, Gerard

Service Number: 10341
Enlisted: 21 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 4th Divisional Ammunition Column
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 4 August 1896
Home Town: Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling: Xavier College Kew, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 19 February 1924, aged 27 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
Roman Catholic A, Grave 621
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World War 1 Service

21 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 10341, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Melbourne, Vic.
5 Jan 1916: Involvement Gunner, 10341, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
5 Jan 1916: Embarked Gunner, 10341, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Afric, Melbourne
8 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 21st Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
22 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 12th Field Artillery Brigade
23 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column
6 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 10341, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, Per HMT Oriana from Alexandria, Egypt. 12/13 June, 1916 Disembarked Marseilles, France
29 Jun 1916: Promoted Driver, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column
12 May 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 10341, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, Plymouth, England Per HMT Gaika, invalid, general debility. Disembarked Melbourne, Australia 5 July, 1918
22 Jul 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 10341, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Jeremiah Holly, Albion Hotel, Bairnsdale, Victoria