Herbert Clifford Holloway

Role: Son of Thomas Holloway and Elizabeth Telfer (Farrow) Holloway — Telfer in-law line (Farrow branch, grandson-in-law of Charles Farrow & Elizabeth Hannah Telfer). WWI casualty who died in Egypt and never made it home to Tantanoola.

Born: 16 September 1887 — near Tantanoola, South Australia
Died: 3 December 1918 (aged 31) — Egypt (pneumonia, on war service)
Buried: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
War service: Trooper, Service No. 1554, 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF

Parents: Thomas Holloway and Elizabeth Telfer (Farrow) Holloway, of the South-East (Tantanoola) district.

Family

Relation	Name
Father	Thomas Holloway (1856–1922) (profile pending verification)
Mother	Elizabeth Telfer Farrow Holloway (1861–1946) (née Farrow, m. Thomas Holloway 23 Mar 1883)
Grandparents (maternal)	Charles Farrow & Elizabeth Hannah Telfer

Life Summary

Herbert Clifford Holloway was born 16 September 1887 near Tantanoola, South Australia, the son of Thomas Holloway (Port Adelaide-born) and Elizabeth Telfer (Farrow) Holloway, daughter of Charles Farrow and Elizabeth Hannah Telfer of Hope Farm, Tarlee. His place of association in the service records is Tantanoola, South Australia.

Military Service (World War I)

Herbert enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in World War I and served as a Trooper in the 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Service No. 1554) — the mounted infantry of the Australian Light Horse.

Death

Trooper Herbert Clifford Holloway died on 3 December 1918 in Egypt, of illness (pneumonia) — days after the Armistice that ended the fighting, a wartime casualty who did not make it home to the South-East. He was buried at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt, and is commemorated at panel 7 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.

Family Stories

A Wartime Casualty Who Didn't Make It Home (as told in A Telfer Family Tree, p.42)

🖊️ Anecdote — as told in A Telfer Family Tree (p.42): Herbert Clifford Holloway, born 16 September 1887 near Tantanoola, enlisted in the AIF in World War I and served as a Trooper in the Australian Light Horse (Service No. 1554). He died on 3 December 1918 and is buried at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery in Egypt — a wartime casualty who did not make it home to the South-East.

Timeline

Date	Event
16 Sep 1887	Born, near Tantanoola, South Australia
1914–1918	Served in AIF, 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Trooper No. 1554
3 Dec 1918	Died in Egypt (pneumonia); buried Cairo War Memorial Cemetery

Sources

Australian War Memorial — Roll of Honour: Trooper Herbert Clifford Holloway — R1632244 — Service No. 1554, Trooper, 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF; date of death 03 Dec 1918, Egypt; cause of death Illness (Pneumonia); place of association Tantanoola SA; cemetery Cairo War Memorial Cemetery; AWM Roll of Honour panel 7 — accessed 31 August 2026

CWGC (via astreetnearyou.org): Cairo War Memorial Cemetery — "Trooper Herbert Clifford Holloway 1554, Australian Light Horse, 03/12/1918" — accessed 31 August 2026

SA Red Cross Archives — returned-soldier/serviceman records for Herbert Clifford Holloway (WWI)

Book: A Telfer Family Tree (Supplement to From the Borders to the Bush), p.42 — Herbert Clifford Holloway (1887–1918), died 3 Dec 1918, buried Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt — accessed via Book Digester swing-2 report, 31 August 2026