Thomas Everard HOLLAND

HOLLAND, Thomas Everard

Service Numbers: 969, 53
Enlisted: 31 August 1914, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Major
Last Unit: 1st Pioneer Battalion
Born: Hindmarsh, South Australia, 16 July 1882
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Contractor
Died: Natural Causes, College Park, South Australia, 4 July 1963, aged 80 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Lindisfarne Officers of the 12th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 53, 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles
1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 969, 2nd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse

World War 1 Service

31 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Adelaide, South Australia
17 Sep 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1,

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17 Sep 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915: Wounded Second Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (head)
21 Apr 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 1st Pioneer Battalion
10 Jan 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Major, 1st Pioneer Battalion

Thomas Holland

Thomas was my great-uncle. I knew him as I grew up, as he and his wife lived just one street away. He was a very tall, upright gentleman, always friendly to talk to.
Uncle Tom and Aunty Ethel I remember, had two very 'yappy' pomeranian dogs and friendly magpies wandering around the front garden.
Thomas' South African campaign medal included bars indicating each of the six campaigns he fought in.
His elder brother William also served in the South African campaign and was mentioned in dispatches for gallantry.
In World War I Thomas was joined by his two younger brothers Albert and Joseph. Unfortunately, Albert was killed in France, aged 22 years.
Thomas lived to age 80.

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Son of Thomas HOLLAND and Ellen Josephine nee HOLLAND

Enlisted AIF August 1914 as Thomas Holland posted 12th Battalion, wounded at Gallipoli, later promoted Major.