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Cyril Alfred BOLDEN

Regimental number1047
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolWaverley Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressEltham, Bourke Street, Wavcrley, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Weight144 lbs
Next of kinFather, Robert F. Bolden, Eltham, Bourke Street, Waverley, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Waverley Cadet Force.
Enlistment date26 August 1914
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular"Was rejected three times on account of heart trouble but eventually was accepted. He simply had to go 'to look after Harry' (his younger brother)." (details from father)
FateKilled in Action 26 April 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialShrapnel Valley Cemetery (Special Memorial A.1), Anzac, Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
39
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert Furnell and Caroline Dorothea BOLDEN, Waverley, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: 35 Pte Horace Stanley BOLDEN, 4th Bn, killed in action, Gallipoli, 6-9 August 1915.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 5 April 1915.

Killed in action, Gallipoli, 26 April 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BOLDEN Cyril Alfred

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