HOLMES, Noel Arthur
| Service Numbers: | 5256, 275067 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 November 1915, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop |
| Born: | Sydney, NSW, 1 June 1894 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Fort Street Boys High School |
| Occupation: | Electrical Engineer |
| Died: | 11 November 1966, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5256, 2nd Signal Squadron, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 5 Jan 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5256, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jan 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5256, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, HMAT Afric, Melbourne |
World War 2 Service
| 30 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 275067 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Captain A Holmes, 24 Park Avenue, Manly, New South Wales
Distinguished Conduct Medal
'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He displayed the greatest gallantry in repairing and maintaining communication under very heavy fire.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 189
Date: 8 November 1917
Noel Holmes went away with the first Australian troops as wireless officer of a troopship, but landed at Egypt, and subsequently joined the Engineers as signaller, being later attached to the Light Horse, and finally transferred to France with a Howitzer Battery of Artillery, and it was whilst with this branch that he earned distinction, and is now in the Officers’ Cadet School in England training for a Commission. He is the only son of Captain A. Holmes, late A and I Staff, and nephew of Major General W. Holmes, C.M.G. D.S.O., V.D., who is commanding a division in France, after having taken Kabaul and commanded a brigade in Gallipoli.
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