Roy Louis Coppin BOLTO MM

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BOLTO, Roy Louis Coppin

Service Number:	447
Enlisted:	5 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Littlehampton, South Australia, 9 February 1891
Home Town:	Littlehampton, Mount Barker, South Australia
Schooling:	Littlehampton
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Natural Causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 16 January 1990, aged 98 years
Cemetery:	Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia
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World War 1 Service

5 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 447, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 447, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 447, 32nd Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Wounded 447, 32nd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Dean Bolto

Roy Louis Coppin Bolto was the youngest child of George and Amelia (nee Coppin) Bolto. He was born in Littlehampton in 1891.

He enlisted in the army in 1915 and left Australia on November 15 with the 32nd Battalion B Company. He saw service in many areas of France. His diary notes were very matter of fact and without any complaints although one gets a very clear picture of the atrocious conditions under which these men fought.

In 1917 he was repatriated to England for a time and then returned to France where he saw further service as a sergeant and was awarded the Military Medal.

After returning "unscathed" in 1919 he married his wartime sweetheart, Hilda Loxton, and they had two daughters, Phyllis and Shirley. Roy always had a bubbly sense of humour and was a devoted husband and father.

Roy died on 16 Jan 1990 at the age of 98 years and 11 months.

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