Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Holtum Hubert Darcy

Weekly Courier only gives name Holtum wounded at Gallipoli – could be any of the three brothers who were all wounded at Gallipoli

Born 1888 Scottsdale Tasmania the son of Richard and Elizabeth Holtum (nee Duffy) a miner he embarked Melbourne 22^nd December 1914 on board “HMAT Ulysses” with the 14^th Infantry Battalion under the alias Sydney Wilson

He died 9^th June 1915 at Ghezirah from wounds received on the Gallipoli Peninsula (gunshot wound to the head leading to a fractured skull) and is commemorated on the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt

His two brothers Cyril Robert was killed in action in France and Henry Edward died in England from meningitis.

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