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BOLGER, William Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1784 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Footscray, Vic., 1889 |
| Home Town: | Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Bapuame, Somme Sector, France, 23 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1784, 58th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1784, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1784, 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Private W. J. BOLGER
Another Footscray native fell this month in Pte. Wm. Jos. Bolger, brother of Mr Patrick Bolger, of 18 Whitehall street. Pte. Bolger belonged to the B. Co., 58th Battalion and had been about a year on service, spending several months on Salisbury Plain. In his civilian life he was a sausage skin mak er and had worked on several of the over river factories. He was killed in action at the age of 28.
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