Identity
Person No.
8566
Service No.
4242
Last Name
First Name
Bolton
Initials
B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
POW 1,367
Died as prisoner of war
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Natal Carbineers 221
Later renamed
Natal Carbineers
(1961)
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"B" Coy.
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (1st Bn); 2nd Bn converted to armour 1939-45 as 6th Reconnaissance Regiment, SA Tank Corps (Egypt)
Status
Active Citizen Force
WWII-only split: 1st Battalion fought as infantry; 2nd Battalion converted to armour, later amalgamated with 4th Armoured Car Regiment as 4th/6th ACR. Not a permanent whole-regiment Corps change. No SADF-era (1974-92) brigade attachment found in available sources -- left unrecorded rather than guessed.
Notes
Son of Nelson John and Adrianna Grant (nee Meyer), of Bergville, Natal. Born Bergville. Captured near Gazala on 13 May 1942. A factory employee in Estcourt. He was a butcher and no doubt worked for Estcourt Bacon Factory. His Guardian, A. H. Oellermann, lived at Wagon Drift, Estcourt. He had 4 brothers and 4 sisters. Commemoration stone in Bergville Cemetery, Kwazulu Natal
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