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Francis BOLAND

Regimental number11
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressBallarat, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinUncle, Michael Boland, Ballarat, Victoria
Enlistment date2 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 31 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 2 February 1915. Taken on strength, 27th Bn, 16 March 1915. Wounded at Pozieres, 29 August 1916. Mortally wounded at Lagnicourt, 26 March 1917.
FateDied of wounds 6 April 1917
Place of death or woundingLagnicourt sector, France
Date of death6 March 1917
Age at death32
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 14), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
109

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