Regimental number | 31010 |
Occupation | Engineer |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs G W Bolton, Beale Street, Hamilton |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 21st Reinforcements, Specialists Company, Machine Gun Section |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
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 rank | Private |
Final unit | No 2 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Tyne 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 |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 52, p. 25 |
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