2464 Francis BOLGER

Date of enlistment 26th July 1915
Rank at enlistment Private
Company  
Significant events while with the AIF Hospitalised sick twice

Died of influenza in 1919

Summary of Private Bolger’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455

Date Location Event
19th May 1919 Australia Died of influenza, Caulfield Military Hospital
15th May 1917 Australia Discharged – medically unfit
12th April 1917 Australia Disembarked Melbourne
13th February 1917 England Embarked from Plymouth to Australia on A38 HMAT Ulysses – lumbago and myalgia (muscle pain)
21st November 1916 England Marched out from Wareham to No.2 Command Depot Weymouth
4th November 1916 England Marched out of 2nd Auxiliary Hospital to No.4 Command Depot Wareham
1st November 1916 England Transferred from Chatham Military Hospital to 2nd Auxiliary Hospital
26th October 1916 France Embarked at Calais on HS Stad Antwerpen for England – sick lumbago
30th September 1916 France Marched in to 2nd ADBD
18th September 1916 France To No.6 Convalescent depot, Etaples
18th August 1916 France To hospital sick – piles, lumbago, sciatica
26th March 1916 France Disembarked Marseille
19th March 1916 Egypt Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle
8th January 1916 Egypt Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir
25th October 1915 Egypt Disembarked Alexandria
29th September 1915 Australia Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley
17th September 1915 Australia Assigned to 5th Reinforcements 22nd Battalion
28th July 1915 Australia Marched into Broadmeadows depot

 

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