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BOWTELL, Robert Walter
Step 1: Personal Details
| Service Number: | 213151 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Troop |
| Born: | Turramurra, New South Wales, Australia, 25 April 1932 |
| Home Town: | Turramurra, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Katoomba High School. New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Carbon Monoxide poisoning after searching a tunnel, South Vietnam, 11 January 1966, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Ryde, New South Wales Area: Roman Catholic Lawn Section: 16 Sub section: Sector: Plot: Row: Grave: 1415 *Remains repatriated to Australia in 2016 from Terendak Cemetery in Malaysia, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Canberra 1st Field Squadron Vietnam Honour Roll, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Newhaven 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Memorial Plaque, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour, Wollongong Vietnam Memorial |
Biography
21315 Corporal Robert Walter Bowtell
3rd Field Troop, Royal Australian Engineers
"A Tunnel Rat"
He died from carbon monoxide poisoning after exploring a Viet Cong tunnel at Ben Cat, Vietnam.
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