Branch of Service

Air Force

Conflict

World War II (1939-1945)

Date of Enlistment

12/08/1940

Date of Discharge

22/01/1946

Place of Enlistment

Sydney NSW

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

19/01/1920

Place of Birth

Malvern, Victoria

Address (at enlistment)

Liversidge Street, Acton ACT

School(s) Attended

Ainslie Primary School

Occupation

Public servant

Next of Kin

James Bolton (father), Liversidge Street, Acton ACT

Service Number

33068

Final Rank

Flying Officer

Final Unit

RAF Charter Hall

Bolton joined the 3rd Battalion militia (the Werriwa Regiment) in 1939. A keen model airplane builder it was no surprise when he enlisted in the RAAF in August 1940 where he was mustered as a fitter. He was re-mustered as air crew in April 1943 and left Australia 12 months later bound for the UK travelling via New York. He became a Pilot Officer in April 1944 and a Flying Officer in October 1944, finishing the war at 54 Operational Training Unit, RAF Charter Hall in England. He returned to Australia in November 1945 and worked as a turner/ machinist, living in O'Connor.

WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php
NAA RecordSearch - Series A9300 
Ken Laycock, 'Memories of a Militiaman', 1995 (typescript in ACT Heritage Library), p.22
The Canberra Times - 5 December 1933, 13 February 1939, 15 July 1939, 27 January 1941