He was one of three men from his regiment who were awarded the VC during a desperate rearguard action on 7 November 1900 at the Battle of Leliefontein near the Komati River.

[1] His citation for the Victoria Cross was published in The London Gazette of 23 April 1901: Sergeant Holland did splendid work with his Colt gun, and kept the Boers off the two 12-pounders by its fire at close range.

[3] Holland eventually achieved the rank of Major and served in World War I with the Canadian Machine Gun Corps.

[4][5] He commanded and actively recruited for the Borden's Machine Gun Battery in Cobalt, Ontario and the surrounding Temiskaming District.

[6][7] From an article in New Liskeard Speaker, Friday, 15 January 1915 - Off to the Front[8] Holland died on 18 June 1948 in Cobalt, Ontario, a town at the south end of Lake Temiskaming and former centre of the silver-mining industry in Canada.