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BOLTON, Percy Roy
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1577 |
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Enlisted: | 19 November 1914, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | North Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
Schooling: | State School, Fremantle, Western Australia |
Occupation: | Clerk and seaman |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 9 May 1915, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC No known grave Panel 50, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
19 Nov 1914: | Enlisted Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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22 Feb 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 1577, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
22 Feb 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 1577, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Itonus, Fremantle | |
9 May 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 1577, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1577 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-05-09 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières |
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Son H.H. and Mary Jane Bolton of Victoria Avenue, North Fremantle, Western Australia
Served in the Cadets, and in the Naval Force for about 3 years.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal