Philip Leslie Alfred BOLTON

Regimental number31010
OccupationEngineer
Next of kinMother, Mrs G W Bolton, Beale Street, Hamilton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 21st Reinforcements, Specialists Company, Machine Gun Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 19 January 1917
The Machine Gun Section left on two ships, 'Waitemata' and 'Ulimaroa', on 19 January 1917. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNo 2 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 9), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Granville Edward William and Georgina Bolton, 9 Seddon Road, Hamilton West, Waikato. Native of Addlestone, Surrey, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 52, p. 25

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