HOLDSWORTH, James
| Service Numbers: | Q115894, QX54712 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 11 July 1941, Mosman, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia, 31 May 1920 |
| Home Town: | Mossman, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Mossman State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer/Butcher |
| Died: | Natural causes (stroke), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 22 November 1976, aged 56 years |
| Cemetery: |
Hemmant Cemetery and Crematorium, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 11 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Private, Q115894, 51 Infantry Battalion AMF, Mosman, Queensland | |
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| 30 Jun 1943: | Transferred Private, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, Transferred to 2nd/AIF | |
| 30 Jun 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX54712, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 1 Jul 1943: | Involvement Private, QX54712, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, also Q115894 - WW2NR has Q115894 allocated to QX54713 - COLLOSS -wrong | |
| 24 Jan 1946: | Discharged Private, QX54712, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 24 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX54712, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF |
Life after the war
Jim worked as a cane cutter before the war and on his return he trained as a butcher. He married Marie after the war and they had three daughters. He loved the beach and the bush and was always happiest when he was there.
Submitted 5 April 2022 by Leonie Lam
Post WW2
After WW2 Jim settled in Brisbane, he trained as a butcher and married Marie Wasson.
Submitted 28 December 2020 by Leonie Lam
My Grandmother's nephew
My Name is Patricia Veschetti (Nee Hoffman), My dear Dad's mother was Florence Pretoria Holdsworth who later married my grandfather Alfred Eric Hoffman ( my grandmother affectionately known as Tory)and her sister was was Norah Ottoway Holdsworth and James was Norah's son.
I have a lot of family History and a dear photo of James with his cousin Jimmy Cook, and Douglas Holdsworth taken back approx in about the late 1920's as this photo was at Daisy Holdsworth's place for many years and then handed on to Douglas Holdsworth and then passed on to me and this photo is quiet large and in a beautiful frame.
Many treasured memories.
Patricia Veschetti (Nee Hoffman - Born Mossman 15/11/1954 - to James Elwin Eric Hoffman (18/10/1925 - 16/06/2018)and Grace Irene Hoffman - (01/08/1933-16/03/2019) . I am one of 6 and my brothers are Rodney, Donald and Clifford and my sisters are Joyce and Noela.
Rodney, Joyce and Cliff still live in Mossman and myself in Mareeba, Noela in Ipswich and Donald in Wondecla.
PATRICIA. XXXX
Submitted 20 October 2020 by PATRICIA Veschetti
Too Dearly Loved To Ever Be Forgotten
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