Lance Sergeant

Colin Richard Holmes

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Andrew and Charlotte Holmes, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand; husband of Mavis Edna Holmes (nee Boyce).

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES
CONTRIBUTED

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Picture my grandfather took of CR Holmes grave during WW2.

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
467382
Name:
Colin Richard Holmes
Rank: 
Lance Sergeant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs M.E. Holmes (wife), 21 Jackson Street, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
38 Hensley Street, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Company Manager
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 26 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
17 March 1944
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
34
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
X. D. 1.
Cemetery Location: 
Italy
Colin Richard Holmes
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