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Life Summary

Name	William Holmes
Born	12 September, 1862 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	2 July, 1917 (aged 54) Messines, Belgium
Cause of Death	killed in action
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Monash, John (colleague) Dove, Frederick Allan (colleague) Knight, Guy Cunninghame (senior officer) Palazzi, Silvio Alfeira (subordinate officer) Palazzi, Joseph F. (subordinate officer)
Education *	Paddington Public School (Sydney) (student, 1868-1876)
Occupation or Descriptor *	colonial militia (Australia) (1872-1900) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1878-1917) New South Wales, Australia public service head (1895-1917) New South Wales, Australia army officer (1901-1917) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	Boer War (army officer) Battle of Bullecourt, 1917 (commander) Battle of Flers, 1916 (commander) Battle of Messines, 1917 (commander) Battle of Pozieres, 1916 (commander) Capture of German New Guinea, 1914 (commander) Dardanelles campaign, 1915-16 (commander) 1st Infantry Regiment, NSW Military Forces (army officer, 1872-1898) 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles Regiment (army officer, 1899-1902) 1st Australian Infantry Regiment (commander, 1902-1911) 6th Infantry Brigade (commander, 1912-1914) Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (commander, 1914-1915) 5th Brigade (commander, 1915) 4th Brigade (commander, 1917-1917)
Awards	Volunteer Officers' Decoration (recipient) Distinguished Service Order (recipient, 1901) Queen's Medal (recipient, 1901) Order of St Anne (Russia) (recipient, 1912) Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (recipient, 1916)
Key Events *	Federation Procession, Sydney, 1/1/1901 (led returned soldiers)
Workplaces *	Sydney Mint (clerk, 1877-1878) Dept of Public Works (NSW) (clerk, 1878-1888) Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage (Sydney) (chief clerk, 1888-1895) Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage (Sydney) (departmental head, 1895-1917)

* Dates are approximate