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Samuel James Bolton

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Samuel James AWMM
  • Surname
    Bolton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 15/110 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 April 1874 AWMM Kingston-upon-Hull, Humberside AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM 6 Silverston Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW1 Mrs S.J. Bolton (wife), care of T.C. Hobbs-Jones, Postal Department, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW1 Mrs Alice Hobbes Jones Bolton (wife), care of Mr T.C. Hobbs-Jones, Postal Clerk, Chief Post-office, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 December 1914 AWMM Married AWMM
    Alice Hobbes Jones, 2 Children Daisy and George Victor. AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 15/110 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Enlistment
    WW1 24 October 1914 AWMM
    Age 40 AWMM
    Postal clerk/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Returned to New Zealand on the 29th January 1916, and re-embarked for service overseas on the 30th May 1916. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    28 July 1928 AWMM
    Dannevirke, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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