LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Harry HOLDER
Service No: 16946
Born: Johannesburg South Africa, 2 August 1909
Enlisted in the RAAF: 24 June 1940 (at Perth WA)
Discharged from the RAAF: 6 December 1944
Unit at Discharge: No. 5 Personnel Depot, Perth WA
Died: Illness, Perth WA, 22 November 1946, Aged 37 Years
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Harry and Anna Isobel Holder; husband of Constance Mary Holder, of Wembley Park. (Cremated Karrakatta Crematorium).
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Karrakatta Crematorium WA
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Cenotaph Undercroft, State War Memorial, Kings Park WA
Sergeant Holder (Fitter IIA) was declared unfit for further service on medical grounds and discharged from the RAAF on 6 December 1944. His death was attributed to war service.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board (Perth) On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 16946