BOLTON, Ethel May
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Gippsland, Vic., 1886 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Ballarat, Vic., 30 June 1971, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria Cremated and ashes scattered within the cemetery |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Base Hospital Sisters who served King & Country |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Apr 1915: | Involvement 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
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| 13 Apr 1915: | Embarked 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney |
Royal Red Cross 2nd Class
Awarded Royal Red Cross (2nd Class)
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 6 October 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1463, position 19
Date of London Gazette: 3 June 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 6953, position 1
Submitted 14 February 2016 by Faithe Jones
Family connections
Ethel was the third eldest of 11 children born to William Kinsey Bolton. The first six children’s mother was Jane (Jean) Morpeth Gillies. William Kinsey Bolton was a career soldier who fought at Gallipoli (a ridge in Gallipoli is named after him). He retired as an honorary Brigadier General in 1920. He was one of the founders of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors of the Imperial League. He was also a Senator for the National Party.
Ethel’s brothers were John Gillies Bolton, Hammersley Garfield Bolton & Moore Hunter Bolton all of whom fought either in father’s Battn or elsewhere. Together with their father and Ethel they were known as the “Fighting Boltons!”
Courtesy of Jennifer Jones
Submitted 14 February 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography
Sister
AANS
Born Gippsland, Vic
Daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel William K. Bolton MP, Victoria and Jane (Jean) Morpeth nee Gilles (deceased)
Of 52 Webster St, Ballarat, Vic
Trained 4 years at Ballarat District Hospital
Aged 29 years
Enlisted 10 April 1915
Embarked 13 April 1915
Served in Salonika
Returned to Australia per “Mooltan” 04 December 1915 with arthritic problems
Served at Base Camp Melbourne
Re-embarked 12 June 1917 per “Mooltan” from Melbourne
Served in Salonika
Returned to Australia per “Ulimaroa” Melbourne, 13.March 1919 on duty
Promoted to Sister 03 April 1917
Promoted to Head Sister 01 September 1917
Appointment Terminated 19 June 1919
Married 17 July 1929 Arthur Richard BROUGHTON
Died 30 June 1971 in Ballarat, Vic.
Cremated and ashes scattered within the Ballarat General Cemetery
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