Patrick Joseph BOLGER

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Service Number:	5986
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	5 January 1896, place not yet discovered
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	LABOURER
Died:	Killed in Action, BULLECORT, FRANCE, France, 11 April 1917, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

8 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 5986, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
8 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 5986, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane

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BROTHER JAMES THOMAS BOLGER LISTED AS NOK

ENLISTED 8 JAN 1916 15TH BN, 19TH REINFORCEMENTS

LEFT FROM BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND ON HMAT ITONUS 8 AUGUST 1916

TAKEN ON STRENGTH 23 JAN 1917

KILLED IN ACTION 11 APR 1917 BULLECOURT FRANCE

AGE 21

Service medals: BRITISH WAR MEDAL, VICTORY MEDAL