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Roy Thomas BOLTON (1897-1984) | ||||
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Trade listed as Farmer. DOB 20-8-97, born Guelph Township. 5 foot 8 1/2 inches. Light brown eyes, brown hair. Methodist. NOK Etta Bolton, mother. Enlisted Guelph 8-12-15 (aged 18 years 3 months). On 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll as published Guelph Mercury 1-12-16. Embarked with 153rd Halifax N.S. SS Olympic 29-4-17. Arrived Liverpool 7-5-17. Assigned 25th Reserve for Training and Administration. Taken on Strength 78th Battalion 29-3-18. Wounded 3-8-18, multiple minor flesh wounds. 2-10-18 GSW wound head and back. 8-10-18 invalid back to England. Globe & Mail Canadian Casualties List 11-8-18 gassed. File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 863 - 37. Courtesy Library & Archives Canada. Returned to Canada aboard SS Baltic 5-2-19 Halifax, N.S. Demobilized London 1-3-19. Guelph Mercury 12-11-79 reports Roy Bolton guest of honour Col. John McCrae Branch Royal Canadian Legion Remembrance Banquet in Guelph. Ancestry.ca Family Tree lists death 2-11-84 at Guelph. Woodlawn Cemetery records buried Sec Y Row 20 Grave 297, headstone photo courtesy B. Gilbert. |
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