Sinon Bernard (Sine) BOLAND DSO MID

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BOLAND, Sinon Bernard

Other Name:	Boland, Simon - Various AWM documents
Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	19 March 1901
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 12 July 1875
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Toowoomba South Boys' State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 3 August 1954, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane 493 St Vincent's Road, Nudgee, Brisbane, Queensland. Plot-E-06-01C. Memorial ID; 183369208.
Memorials:

Boer War Service

19 Mar 1901:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, Officer, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen

World War 1 Service

11 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, 2nd Light Horse Regiment
16 Aug 1915:	Involvement Captain, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1915:	Embarked Captain, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
21 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 2nd Light Horse Regiment

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Sinon BOLAND
Birth 12 JUL 1875 • Queensland, Australia

Death 3 AUG 1954 • Queensland, Australia

Biography contributed by Hamish Robson

South African War-

Rank; Lieutenant
Unit; 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
1901 25 Mar; Embarked for Africa
1901 8 May – 17 May 1902 served in Transvaal and the Orange River Colony
1901 1 Dec; Slightly wounded at Tinter’s Kop
1902 29 Jul; Mentioned in Dispatches

Australian Rugby Union Representative 1899-1903.

Wallaby #24 3 Caps.

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