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1872 Dec 18/24/5 Born Yorkshire (RIC) Army records give birth as 18 Dec 1872 for the commissioned John Holdsworth RGA. There is not enough information to get anywhere with a common name, An Ancestry tree gives HAlifax, Yorkshire
1894 Oct circa enlisted
1901
1909 Feb 3 married • Rawalpindi Pundits, Bengal, India. Lilian Matilda Keeman (1880–1949) . His father is James Holdsworth
1909 Dec 12 Son Arnold born in India
1911 census Both John & Lilian are on a Navy Transprt in Hampshire. He is a Gunner in 3 Mountain Battery of RGA. Indicates born Leeds about 1875
1915 Feb (circa) promoted WO2
1915 Oct 6. Battery Quartermaster Sgt John Holdsworth commissioned 2nd Lt
1916 Jul 5 Lands in Salonica
1920 Dec 17 Joined RIC as a Black & Tan Constable
1921 Jan 15. Joined ADRIC with service no 1516. "No Papers". Posted to Depot Coy
1921 Jan 29. Posted to H Coy
1921 census His family are in Wokingham, the same address as MIC. Lilian is his wife
1921 Jun 21. Appointed A/CQM of H Coy
1921 Oct 31. Relinquished post of A/CQM
1922 Jan 13. Discharged on demobilisation of ADRIC
1923 Feb 11 Arrived Australia John, Lilian and 7 Children. Indicated birth 1876
Electoral Roll at Toora, Gippsland, Victoria
1931 problems
1934 he seems to have disappeared, and solicitors advertise for his whereabouts for the next 3 years. His wife appears to stay in Toora
1949 May 7 Lilian died in Toora, Gippsland