Sives, John Pauling –

Only son of William Sives, formerly manager of the Know Mill Printworks at Entwistle, Turton, Lancashire, and Elsie Sives, of Chisholm Street, Greenwich, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and late of Entwistle, Turton, Lancashire. An old boy of the Bolton Grammar School. Formerly Sergeant 2228, Australian Machine Gun Corps. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 30/09/1916.

Personal details

  • Surname: Sives
  • Forename: John Pauling
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Middleton, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Greenwich, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 23
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: May 7th, 1917
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Unit: 4th Battalion, Australian Infantry.
  • Service number: Not known
  • Regiment: Australian Imperial Forces
  • Enlistment date: April 24th, 1915 - 1915-04-24
  • Enlistment location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Conflict: WW1

Decorations

  • Service medals: St / V / BW
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: M.M.

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France
  • CWGC reference: Not known

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 29/09/1916 01/06/1917 07/12/1917
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6g* 6c* S8*
  • Bolton Chronicle: 03/08/1917

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