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BOLT, Robert
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX34273 |
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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) A13. C. 15. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Berry War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX34273 | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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.