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James Bolger

1891-1923

Portrait of James Bolger

Unit

3rd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37485

About

Born in Ireland

20 June 1891
Parents

Mother

Bridget Bolger

Father

Mark Bolger
Residence

Hometown

Auckland
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Auckland Electric Tramway Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Military Medal ribbon

Military Medal
For bravery in the field.

Death

Died at the age of 32

13 November 1923

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5520 95/0015997, Military Personnel File.

London Gazette, 20 August 1919, p. 10586.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.45, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 35.

Photograph

Auckland Libraries Ngā Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections: 31-B2392.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “James Bolger (1891-1923)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/53

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