Topic: AIF - 2B - 2 LHFA
2nd LHFA, AIF
2nd Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance
Charles Holledge
Charles Holledge
Service number: 467
Rank: Private [Pte]
Unit: 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance Australian Army Medical Corps
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 4 August 1916
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: HOLLEDGE, Pte. Charles, 467. 2nd Light Horse Field Amb. Australian Army Medical Corps. Killed in action 4th Aug., 1916. Age 31. Son of Louisa Cruickshank (formerly Holledge), of Uralla, New South Wales, and the late Robert Holledge. B. 24.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Charles Holledge from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 467 |
| School | Bendemur School |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Labourer |
| Address | Eurella, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 29 |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Louis Crookshank, Eurella, New South Wales |
| Enlistment date | 27 October 1914 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 15 December 1914 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Driver |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance |
| Fate | Killed in Action 4 August 1916 |
| Age at death | 31 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 31 |
| Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 24), Egypt |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 182 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Son of Louisa CRUICKSHANK (formerly HOLLEDGE), Uralla, New South Wales, and the late Robert HOLLEDGE |
Lest We Forget
Additional Reading:
2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1919
Citation: 2nd LHFA, Roll of Honour, Charles Holledge
