sky and concrete, oh and general holmes

somewhere along general holmes drive.

who was general holmes anyway?
i did some reading on the guy and can tell you this:
he was born in 1862 and went to paddington public school, he joined the military at 10 years of age and late went to south africa to fight the boer wars. during ww1, he overthrew german command of new guinea, was posted to gallipoli in march 1915, which he survived and then got sent to the western front in april 1916.

he was killed by german shells in july 1917 and is buried in belgium.

there you go folks, now you know who that road is named after, whether you agree with it or not.

Posted: April 5th, 2010 under Photo A Day.
Tags: concrete, driving, road signs, roads