BOLTON, Cyril Robert Ashleigh
| Service Number: | VX65678 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 November 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Balham, England, 27 January 1918 |
| Home Town: | Morwell, Latrobe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Rigger |
| Died: | Presumed, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 20 February 1942, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Boolarra & District Memorial Hall, Morwell War Memorial, Newborough Cenotaph |
World War 2 Service
| 5 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX65678 | |
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| 7 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned | |
| 20 Feb 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX65678, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Cyril Robert Ashleigh BOLTON was born in Balham, England on 27th January, 1918
His parents were Cyril Ashleigh BOLTON & Lilian May TYLER who married in Wandsworth, London in 1916
He was taken a prisoner of war & listed as missing on 7th February, 1942 & presumed deceased on 20th February, 1942
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His Father Cyril Ashleigh BOLTON served during WW1 (SN 31 in the 14th Infantry Battalion & returned to Australia in 1916 - he also served in the Volunteer Defence Corps (SN V380854) during WW2 and was discharged on 10th October, 1942
His brother Thomas Arthur BOLTON (SN VX26315) was also taken as a prisoner of war and died of illness in Ambon on 8th March, 1945 - he was also with the 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion
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