William Kinsey Bolton

William Bolton
CBE, VD

Lieutenant Colonel William Bolton c.1917
Senator for Victoria
In office
1 July 1917  30 June 1923
Personal details
Born (1861-11-02)2 November 1861
Lostock Gralam, England
Died 8 September 1941(1941-09-08) (aged 79)
Brighton, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party Nationalist Party of Australia
Occupation Soldier
Military service
Allegiance Australia
Service/branch Citizens Military Force
Australian Imperial Force
Years of service 1878–1920
Rank Brigadier General
Commands 8th Battalion (1914–15)
Queenscliff Fort (1914)
70th Regiment (1912–14)
Battles/wars

First World War

Awards Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Volunteer Officers' Decoration

Brigadier General William Kinsey Bolton CBE, VD (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.

Sources

Volume I – The Story of ANZAC from the outbreak of war to the end of the first phase of the Gallipoli Campaign, 4 May 1915 (11th edition, 1941) C E W Bean

Volume I – The Story of ANZAC from the outbreak of war to the end of the first phase of the Gallipoli Campaign, 4 May 1915 (11th edition, 1941) C E W Bean

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