HOLLOWAY, Eric
| Service Number: | 15506 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 February 1916, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Manly, NSW, 8 September 1897 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Manly Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Randwick Military Hospital, Randwick, Sydney, NSW, 31 October 1945, aged 48 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Wall |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis) |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 15506, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 15506, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Katuna embarkation_ship_number: A13 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 15506, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, HMAT Katuna, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
ERIC HOLLOWAY, son of Mr. Charles W. and Mrs. Henrietta Holloway, was born at Manly, New South Wales, on 8th September, 1897. He was educated at the Manly Grammar School, and joined the service of the Bank on 11th August, 1914, at Manly. In September, 1915, he was transferred to Mosman, and enlisted on 14th February, 1916.
He saw service in Egypt and Palestine, was wounded in action and awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field on 3rd November, 1917. He returned to Australia, and was discharged from the A.I.F. on 26th June, 1919.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
HOLLOWAY.—October 31, 1945, at Randwick Military Hospital, Eric Holloway, youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Holloway, of Wyndora Avenue, Harbord, Manly, and loved brother of Rose, Charles, Fred, and Cyril, aged 48 years.
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