Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Air Force
- Conflict
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Date of Enlistment
- 02/06/1940
- Date of Discharge
- 08/11/1945
- Place of Enlistment
- Sydney NSW
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 17/08/1911
- Place of Birth
- Waimate Plains, New Zealand
- Address (at enlistment)
- Furneaux Street, Manuka (Griffith) ACT
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Next of Kin
- Florence Boller (wife), Furneaux Street, Griffith ACT
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- 15356
- Final Rank
- Pilot Officer
- Final Unit
- Adult Training Squadron
Awards and Honours
US Distinguished Flying Cross (Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 1 July 1948, p.2541)
Notes
Boller was a member of a group of Canberra hikers who explored the mountains of the ACT in the 1930s. In 1948 he was awarded the US Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantry during the war in the South West Pacific.
Sources
WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php
Cla Allen, 'Hiking from early Canberra', 1977
AWM Honours & Awards
The Canberra Times - 2 July 1948