Nationality Australian Name William Bolton Occupation Soldier Role Former Australian Senator | Allegiance Australia Resigned June 30, 1923 Years of service 1878–1920 | |
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Born 2 November 1861
Lostock Gralam, England ( 1861-11-02 ) Political party Nationalist Party of Australia Service/branch Citizens Military Force
Australian Imperial Force Died September 8, 1941, Brighton, Australia Party Nationalist Party of Australia Previous office Australian Senator (1917–1923) Battles and wars Gallipoli Campaign, Second Battle of Krithia, World War I Similar People Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Wehib Pasha, Otto Liman von Sanders, John de Robeck, Aylmer Hunter‑Weston | ||
Brigadier General William Kinsey Bolton (2 November 1861 – 8 September 1941) was an Australian soldier, politician and a founding member of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia (RSSILA), forerunner of the present Returned and Services League of Australia. Bolton commanded the 8th Battalion early on in the First World War, including during the landing and initial battles of the Gallipoli Campaign. Bolton's Ridge on the right flank of Anzac Cove was named after him. He returned to Australia due to ill health in September 1915, was elected the inaugural National President of the RSSILA (1916–19), and served as a Nationalist Senator from Victoria from 1917 to 1923.
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