Corporal P. E. Holst

Progress, Volume XIII, Issue 10, 1 June 1918, Page 231

Corporal P. E. Holst

Another Christchurch soldier who has died of wounds was Corporal P. E. Holst. Art students will remember (says the Sun) that his was the name on the very fine drawings from Invercargill which were the surprise of one of our annual exhibitions three or four years ago. They will recall also that the same name appeared on the winning design for the gold medal offered that year by the Institute of Architects. It was, indeed, the opinion of many who examined his work that for delicacy and suggestiveness of line it was in a class almost by itself. Corporal Holst, who, in his pre-war days was an architectural draughtsman in Invercargill, leaves a widow and one young daughter.