Ernest BOLAM

BOLAM, Ernest

Service Number: QX1957
Enlisted: 26 June 1940, Townsville, Queensland
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion
Born: Charters Towers, Queensland, 29 January 1918
Home Town: Giru, Burdekin, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Injuries, Australia, 2 October 1945, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium
Plot D, Row B, Grave 11 Roll off Honour Giru, Sydney War Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, City of Townsville WW2 HR, Giru War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, QX1957, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion
26 Jun 1940: Enlisted Townsville, Queensland
26 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX1957, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion

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Biography

2/15 Battalion

Rank - Private

Son of Thomas Harold and Mildred Bolam, of Giru, Queensland