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Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.


 

Surname HOLLYWOOD
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) Simon John
Regimental Number 1330
RankPrivate
Unit Name Australian Army Medical Corps (SA)
StateSA
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)

Murray: SA Details.
B5207: engineer aged 26 from Forrestville SA.
URL1: The transport Norfolk, one of the neatest, cleanest, and best of the boats that have been engaged in conveying troops to and from South Africa, came to anchor off Largs Ray late on Wednesday night [30.7.1902]. In addition to several hundreds of troops for the eastern States, there were on board the undermentioned South Australians - ARMY MEDICAL CORPS - Sergeant HE ELPHICK, Corporal JB NATION, Corporal AL WORTHINGTON, Privates M BLACKWELL, FW JAMES, EA HIGGS, VR RULE, SJ HOLLYWOOD.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 378
B5207: National Archives of Australia series B5207
Ad. Advertiser: Adelaide Advertiser newspaper date(s) 1.8.1902
External Link URL1nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4865168


Please email me if you can contribute any other relevant information about this person (eg any other military service, where in Australia they came from or when/where they died). Also, if you find an external link broken.


Apology: For some time now it has been difficult to keep up with the newly available sources (especially the Trove newspaper site) plus the flow of contributions and queries. So I have been forced to prioritise maintenance and data entry over replying to correspondence. Nevertheless, your contributions are being added to the database and acknowledged on the contributions page and, although my replies are many months behind, I will attempt to get to them more often.
 
Colin Roe
Canberra

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