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BOLAND, Francis

Service Number:	11
Enlisted:	2 February 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 6 April 1917
Cemetery:	Pozières British Cemetery Reference: II. D. 14.
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

2 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 11, 27th Infantry Battalion

World War 1 Service

31 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 11, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 11, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
Date unknown:	Wounded 11, 27th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge

His personal effects were returned to AIF Base Records Melbourne awaiting a claimant in 1920.