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BOLE, Harold
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5063 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 December 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Liverpool, England, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Wickepin, Wickepin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Granby Street Board School, Liverpool |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 7 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Serre Road Cemetery No.1 Plot V111, Row C, Grave 4 Rev. W. Devine officiated Headstone inscription reads: Greater love hath no man, Serre Road Cemetery No 1, Beaumont Hamel, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kulin Roll of Honour, Shire of Kulin Combined Services Honour Board, Wickepin District Roll of Honor, Wickepin District Roll of Honour WWI, Wickepin Fallen Soldiers Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5063, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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| 31 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5063, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5063, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Shropshire, Fremantle | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 16th Battalion to the 48th Battalion in the field | |
| 7 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5063, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5063 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 24 years
Son of James Maxwell Bole and Annie Bole of Liverpool, England
Next of kin given as his brother Alfred Bole of 2 Westgate Road, Liverpool, England also brother of 3087 Henry Thomas Bole (/explore/people/50825) who returned to Australia on 15 May 1919 having served in the 48th Battalion
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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