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William John Holder Jr. 1888 - 1951

William John Holder Jr. was born on April 21, 1888 in South Melbourne, Port Phillip City County, VIC Australia to William John Holder and Elizabeth (Taylor) Holder, and had siblings Hubert Holder, Isabel (Holder) Crawford, and Alexander Holder. He married Emma Jane (Wuchatsch) Holder, and died at age 62 years old on January 20, 1951 at Repatriation Hospital in Heidelberg, Banyule City County. William Holder was buried at Springvale Botanical Cemetery 600 Princes Hwy, in Springvale, Greater Dandenong City County.
William John Holder Jr.
April 21, 1888
South Melbourne, Port Phillip City County, VIC, 3205, Australia
January 20, 1951
Repatriation Hospital in Heidelberg, Banyule City County, VIC, 3084, Australia
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  • 04/21
    1888

    Birthday

    April 21, 1888
    Birthdate
    South Melbourne, Port Phillip City County, VIC 3205, Australia
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Private-Regimental No.1942. 21st Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement-1st A.I.F. Embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 26th August 1915. Returned to Australia 11th October 1916.
  • Professional Career

    Farmer ( Brandy Creek )
  • 01/20
    1951

    Death

    January 20, 1951
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Repatriation Hospital in Heidelberg, Banyule City County, VIC 3084, Australia
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Funeral date
    Springvale Botanical Cemetery 600 Princes Hwy, in Springvale, Greater Dandenong City County, VIC 3171, Australia
    Burial location
  • Obituary

    The Age, Melbourne. 22nd January 1951. HOLDER.- On January 20, at Repatriation Hospital, Heidelberg, William John, dearly loved husband of Betty, of 48 Draper-street, Ormond, loved father of Jessie ( Mrs. A. Shepherd ), Jack and Betty (Mrs. Fahy ).
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In 1888, in the year that William John Holder Jr. was born, on August 7th, the body of a prostitute was found in the Whitechapel section of London. Martha Tabram had been stabbed 39 times - a possible but not confirmed victim of Jack the Ripper. On August 31st, the body of Mary Ann Nichols was found - stabbed and mutilated. On September 8th, the body of Annie Chapman was found - throat slit and disemboweled. On September 30th, Elizabeth Stride, also a prostitute in Whitechapel, was found dead from a slit throat. Within an hour, another body was discovered - Catherine Eddowes'. She was far more savagely murdered and it is thought that the Ripper had more time with her. Then, on November 9th, the body of prostitute Mary Jane Kelly was found in a boarding room in Whitechapel. Considered to be the probable fifth, and last, of Jack the Ripper's victims, Kelly's was the most savage of his murders.
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In 1893, he was just 5 years old when on May 5th, a crash on the New York Stock Exchange started a depression that lasted 4 years. It was the beginning of the Panic of 1893.
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