Percival James (Jimmy) BOLAND

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Service Number:	635
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Kalgoolie Central School, and Perth Modern School Western Australia 1912-13
Occupation:	Teacher
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Çanakkale, Turkey, 28 June 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 11, Row G, Grave 15
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Goldfields First Enlistments WWI Roll of Honor, Kalgoorlie Central School Honour Roll, Subiaco Perth Modern School War Memorial

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 635, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 635, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
28 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 635, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, KIA

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Son of James Boland and Harriet Ann Boland nee Jenkin of 224 Adelaide Street, Brown Hill, WA formerly of Bendigo, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Citzen Military Forces