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Ernest BOLLIER

Regimental number5974
Place of birthBasel Switzerland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationButcher
AddressGrawlin, near Forbes, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinBrother, F Bollier, Basel, Switzerland
Enlistment date12 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 22 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 5 October 1917
Date of death5 October 1917
Age at death31
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialMenin Road South Military Cemetery (Plot II, row L. Grave No. 7), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
28
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Jean and Ann BOLLIER-BRUNNER. Native of Lausen, Base, Switzerland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSGT IN SWISS ARMY

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