HOLSWICH, Lyle Charles Macquarie
| Service Number: | 77 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 December 1933 |
| Last Rank: | Group Captain |
| Last Unit: | No. 13 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Bexley, New South Wales, Australia, 19 November 1914 |
| Home Town: | Parkville, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Orchardist / Engineering apprentice |
| Died: | Accidental, Borneo, 10 December 1945, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery Plot C, Row B, Grave 9 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 4 Dec 1933: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Air Cadet, 77 | |
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| 7 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Group Captain, 77, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Lyle Charles Macquarie HOLSWICH was born in Bexley, NSW on 19th November, 1914
His parents were Charles Albert HOLSWICH & Vita Grace BURWOOD who married in the Mudgee Methodist Church on 26th December, 1911
He married Eileen Isabel JOLLY in Sydney in 1935 - one known daughter Jill
He originally enlisted as an Air Cadet on 4th December, 1933 & moved to No. 13 Squadron RAAF on 7th June 1942 as a Group Commander
His final rank was a Group Captain with the 86 Wing Headquarters in Labuan
Lyle died on 10th December, 1945 in an aircraft accident on the Labuan air strip
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His father Charles Albert HOLSWICH (SN 1) served during WW1 in the 3rd Light Horse Regiment and returned to Australia on 7th November, 1915 - he was one of the original Anzacs - he died in Dural, NSW in 1935 - his wife Vita died on 30th October, 1970 in Launceston, Tasmania
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