Reginald Henry BOLTON

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Service Number:	4675
Enlisted:	23 August 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, 5 November 1887
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Melbourne C of E Grammar School
Occupation:	Company manager
Died:	Died of Illness (Pleurisy - POW of Germany), Valenciennes, France, 3 August 1918, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery St Roch Communal Cemetery, Valenciennes, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll

23 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4675, Melbourne, Victoria
16 Dec 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4675, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4675, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne
10 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4675, 39th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", Grenade wounds (both arms)
10 Jul 1918:	Imprisoned "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", at Corby
3 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4675, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4675 awm_unit: 39th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-03

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