Percy Roy (Snowy) BOLTON

BOLTON, Percy Roy

Service Number: 1577
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 Fallen Sailors & Soldiers Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

19 Nov 1914: Enlisted Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
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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Biography

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