William Thomas Bontoft (1893 - abt. 1979)

Biography

William Thomas Bontoft was born in 1893. He is the son of John Bontoft and Margaret Gray.

Private William Thomas Bontoft enlisted into the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on the 18 February 1916. His Next of Kin was listed as his brother, F C Bontoft co of Post Office, Queenton Charters Towers, Queensland. He served with the 9th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement and this unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Mcgillivray on the 7th of September 1916. He continued to serve with the 9th Battalion and returned to Australia on the 13th of March 1918.

William Thomas Bontoft is believed to have died in in 1979, and was laid to rest at the Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, Holland Park West, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia. But as yet no gravestone photograph has been found to prove this.

Sources

• Queensland births, deaths & marriages.

• William Thomas BONTOFT from the AIF PROJECT website first accessed online on the 20th of April, 2023.

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 30 April 2023), memorial page for William Thomas “Bill” Bontoft (22 Sep 1893–23 Sep 1979), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #229351683, citing Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, Holland Park West, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia; Maintained by Jenny Bontoft (contributor 50834909). (note there is no gravestone photograph as yet)