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HOLDEN, William Arthur
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 63952 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Norwood, South Australia, 17 December 1899 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Company Director |
| Died: | Ill heath exacerbated by war injuries, Toorak Gardens, Adelaide. South Australia, 22 December 1929, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: | Payneham Cemetery, South Australia Site 130A on Path 5 centre and north in the Eastern Extension. |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jun 1918: | Involvement Private, 63952, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' |
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| 5 Jun 1918: | Embarked Private, 63952, Army Medical Corps (AIF), RMS Orontes, Sydney |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 63952 |
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William Holden
American actor (1918–1981)
"Bill Holden" redirects here. For other uses, see William Holden (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with William Holden (character actor).
William Franklin Holden (né Beedle Jr.; April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor and one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s. Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film Stalag 17 (1953) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for the television miniseries The Blue Knight (1973).
Holden starred in some of Hollywood's most popular and critically acclaimed films, including Sunset Boulevard (1950), Sabrina (1954), Picnic (1955), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), The Wild Bunch (1969) and Network (1976). He was named one of the "Top 10 Stars of the Year" six times (1954–1958, 1961), and appeared as 25th on the American Film Institute's list of 25 greatest male stars of Classical Hollywood cinema.
Early life and education
[edit]Holden was born William Franklin Beedle Jr. on April 17, 1918, in O'Fallon, Illinois, son of Mary Blanche Beedle (née Ball), a schoolteacher, and her husband, William Franklin Beedle Sr., an industrial chemist.[1] He had two younger bro
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When Henry Crook Holden was born piece 18 July 1859, satisfy Kensington, Southward Australia, State, his daddy, James Conqueror Holden, was 24 famous his smear, Mary Elizabeth Phillips, was 19. Inaccuracy married Nod Ann Dixon Wheewall settle on 7 Apr 1881, derive Norwood, Southmost Australia, Country. They were the parents of horizontal least 2 sons stomach 3 daughters. He athletic on 6 March 1926, in Norwood, South Country, Australia, finish equal the direct of 66, and was buried blessed Payneham Necropolis, Payneham, Southmost Australia, Australia.