HOLMES, John & Elizabeth
23 December 1901 – 5 November 1994
4 May 1902 – 11 June 1986
Origin Colne, England & Belfast, Northern Ireland
First settled in Catterick, WA
Original Occupation Soldier British Army
Occupation in Australia Farmer/Soldier (cook)
HOBSONS BAY
Departure Port Southampton
Arrival Year 1925
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Group Settlement Scheme 132 Catterick, WA. John & Elizabeth had 4 children (2 girls & 2 boys). John was captured by the Japanese in Singapore in WWII and worked as a POW on the Burma Railway until the war ended in 1945.
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