Robert Walter BOWTELL

BOWTELL, Robert Walter

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 & Crematorium, North 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
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Vietnam War Service

14 Sep 1965: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 213151, 3rd Field Troop
14 Sep 1965: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 213151

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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.