William BOLTON

BOLTON, William

Service Numbers: 3365, S65928
Enlisted: 21 August 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 3rd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born: Glenelg, South Australia, 6 November 1894
Home Town: Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Wood-turner
Died: Natural Causes, Eden Hills, South Australia, 17 January 1968, aged 73 years
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board
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Peacetime

21 Aug 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia

World War 1 Service

21 Aug 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
10 Feb 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3365, 48th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
10 Feb 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3365, 48th Infantry Battalion, Seeang Bee, Adelaide

Peacetime

26 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1

World War 2 Service

29 Mar 1942: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, S65928, 3rd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces
29 Mar 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S65928

World War 1 Service

Date unknown: Involvement Private, 3365, 48th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Aberfoyle Park High School

Taken POW by the Germans on 06 Apr 1918

Discharged from Service on 26 May 1919

Biography

Son of William BOLTON and Mary Rose nee COOK 50 Pier Street, Glenelg, South Australia