Robert (Bob) BOLT

BOLT, Robert

Service Number: NX34273
Enlisted: 17 June 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born: Berry, New South Wales, Australia, 10 October 1914
Home Town: Berry, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Illness - Cholera, Thailand, 14 November 1943, aged 29 years
Cemetery: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma)
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Berry War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX34273
17 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX34273
29 Jul 1941: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX34273, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Reinforcements, Sydney, disembarked Singapore
16 Feb 1942: Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
14 Nov 1943: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX34273

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of William James BOLT and Agnes Edith nee WALKER, of Berry, New South Wales, Australia.

HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE

Survived by his parents, sisters Annie Doyle, Elizabeth Waite and brothers Mark and William.