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I would like to make a correction to
this web site. My Grandfather's name, who was in the 158th Aero
Squadron, is incorrect on your site. You have him listed as Elmer E.
Homes; his correct name is Elmer E. Holmes. I also have several pictures
of him at Verdun and one of him being reviewed by King George, and a
very interesting picture of him in a British sailors uniform which was
given to him after the Tuscania was sunk. Robert C. Holmes (Maj. USAF-R)
Robert C. Holmes
December 23, 2007 |
Elmer E. Holmes - Lansford, Carbon
Co., Pennsylvania
Army Rank:
Private (1918).
Assigned Unit:
158th Aero Squadron
Army Serial Number:
Inducted:
Promoted:
Army Discharge:
1919
Remarks:
Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – 1919
Torpedoed on
the Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918
Address: 282
Abbott St, Lansford, Pennsylvania (1900)
Address:
Bertsch St., Lansford, Pennsylvania (1910)
Address: 400
W. Bertsch St., Lansford, Pennsylvania (1920)
Address: 313
W. Ridge St., Lansford, Pennsylvania (1938)
PA State
Legislator for Carbon County (Republican) (1943/44)
Member of the
Tuscania Survivors Association (1938)
Wife’s Name: Ester
Fathers Name:
John Holmes (b. June 1852 Pennsylvania)
Mothers Name:
Hannah (Aug. 1854 Pennsylvania)
Brothers: John, Warren, William,
Richard
Sisters:
Rebecca (Mitchell), Alice, Kate, Dora, Myrtle
Civilian Occupation:
Proprietor of Bakery (1920)
Born:
May 15, 1892
Died:
Dec. 1971 Lansford, Carbon Co., Pennsylvania (age 79)
Cemetery:
Plot:
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