Herbert Henry BOLER

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BOLER, Herbert Henry

Service Number:	402103
Enlisted:	27 May 1940
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	Operational Training Units (RAF)
Born:	Kempsey, New South Wales, 2 September 1916
Home Town:	Bexley, Rockdale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Cronulla and Hurstville Public Schools and Canterbury High School
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Accidental, England, United Kingdom, 18 April 1941, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cemetery Row BB. Grave 8
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Narromine Aviation Museum Memorial Wall

World War 2 Service

27 May 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 402103, Royal Australian Air Force, Sydney, New South Wales
27 May 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 402103
18 Apr 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 402103, Operational Training Units (RAF), Empire Air Training Scheme, 11 Operational Training (RAF)

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Son of Ernest William and May Sarah Boler, of Bexley, New South Wales

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Pilot-Officer Herbert Henry Boler was the son of Ernest William and May Sarah Boler, of Bexley, New South Wales. He attended Cronulla and Hurstville Schools, finishing his education at the Canterbury High School. He enlisted with the Air Force on 27 May 1940, being in camp at Bradfield and Narromine. He left for Canada in October, and arrived in England in February 1941. P-O Boler was accidentally killed in an aircraft on 18 April 1941 at Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England.

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