Wilfred BOLTON

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Service Number:	260
Enlisted:	23 November 1914, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Normanton, Yorkshire, England, 1892
Home Town:	Blair Athol, Isaac, Queensland
Schooling:	Normanton Elementary School, Yorkshire, England
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 18 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 45, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

23 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 260, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 260, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 260, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
18 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 260, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 260 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-18

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Arrived in Australia aged 19 years

Son of George and Hannah Bolton of 2 Cross Queen Street, Normanton, Yorkshire, England

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

Also served in the Territorials Wakefield Regiment