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Lieut. C. R. Holmes of South Carolina and Sergt. James A. Murphy were awarded the French war cross, s. the Evening star., April 04, 1918, Page 3, col. 6 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1918-04-04/ed-...

They were awarded the distinguished service cross as well, s. The Seattle star., June 07, 1918, Page 2, col. 1 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87093407/1918-06-07/ed-...

Christian Holmes, according to the Morning Oregonian, July 04, 1918, Image 1, col. 4, 'YANKEE DECORATED IN FIGHTING TOGS' oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025138/1918-07-04/ed-1/se...

This photo ran in The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., July 20, 1918, Image 8 with the caption: "MAJOR THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JR.'S COMRADES DECORATED FOR BRAVERY - Major T. Roosevelt, Jr., Lieutenant Christian R. Holmes and Sergeant James A. Murphy at the ceremonies presenting the Croix de Guerre to Lieutenant Holmes and Sergeant Murphy for bravery in a recent raid. Major Roosevelt had the honor of pinning the decorations on the breasts of his comrades." chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92051227/1918-07-20/ed-...

Thanks B-59, we'll add their names to the catalog record.

According to: irishconstabulary.com/major-philip-armstrong-holmes-div-c... On January 28th, 1921 Major-General Philip Armstrong Holmes, Divisional Commissioner of the RIC for the counties of Cork and Kerry, escorted by a sergeant and five constables was ambushed by the Newmarket battalion column and a number of East Kerry Volunteers at Tureengarriffe, on the Castleisland road two miles west of Ballydesmond.

Ormond Quay, Dublin: Streetview- www.google.ie/maps/@53.3461713,-6.2661415,3a,75y,300.02h,...

More details here - theirishrevolution.ie/1921-21/#.XA-OtVAvPnE "... The funeral ceremonies for Armstrong-Holmes were complex and impressive: ‘The body of Major Holmes was removed from Cork Military Hospital yesterday [31 January 1921] and conveyed to Dublin by the morning train. Full military honours were accorded, and a large number of military and police accompanied the remains to Glanmire Station, where a military band played the “Dead March.” The funeral takes place to-day with full military honours from George V Hospital at 11 a.m. to Mount Jerome Cemetery.’ See II, 1 Feb. 1921. ..."

And a lot more about him in this book - books.google.com.au/books?id=yOpFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT112&am...

[Aside - Rory Sherlock sleuthing Holmes! }

Wooroolin is a town and a locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. Wooroolin is on the Bunya Highway, 243 kilometers (151 mi) northwest of the state capital, Brisbane, and 17 km North of the main town, Kingaroy. Immediately to the east of the town is the Wooroolin Wetland, which is classified as a palustrine wetland, a non-tidal, inland, seasonally flooded, vegetated swamp. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooroolin,_Queensland