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James Edward BOLTON

Regimental number3422
Place of birthBenalla, Victoria
SchoolEsmond State School, via Yarrawonga, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressCamberwell, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinWife, Mrs E F Bolton, 7 Camberwell Grove, Camberwell, Victoria
Enlistment date16 November 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name37th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/54/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 22 December 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
FateDied of disease 31 October 1918
Place of death or woundingAbbeville, France
Date of death31 October 1918 (died of disease)
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialAbbeville Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row K, Grave No. 21), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
131
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: james and Margaret BOLTON, 7 Cumberwell Avenue, Upper Hawthorne, Victoria, Austalia. Native of Benalla, VIctoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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