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Herbert Bolt
Herbert Thomas Bolt (1893–1916) was a pioneer Australian rugby league player, a state representative centre and soldier who served and fell in World War I. He is one of 75 Australian soldiers whose remains were identified by name in 2010 by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission as part of the Fromelles Military Cemetery project. Rugby league career Born and raised in Newtown, Sydney, Bolt made 46 appearances (42 Premiership and 4 City Cup) for the Newtown Bluebags between 1912 and 1915. He represented New South Wales in all four matches on the 1913 tour of Queensland playing in the centres, scoring two tries in the first match against Queensland and being sent off in the second. He also played two minor matches on tour against Northern New South Wales in Newcastle, and Queensland Rugby Union Converts in Brisbane. War service Although married with an infant daughter, Bolt enlisted in the First Australian Imperial Force in September 1915. He was working as a brickmake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newtown, New South Wales
Newtown, a suburb of Inner West, Sydney's inner west, is located approximately four kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, straddling the Local government areas of New South Wales, local government areas of the City of Sydney and Inner West Council in the state of New South Wales, Australia. King Street, Newtown, King Street is the main street of Newtown and centre of commercial and entertainment activity. The street follows the spine of a long ridge that rises up near Sydney University and extends to the south, becoming the Princes Highway at its southern end. Enmore Road branches off King Street towards the suburb of Enmore, New South Wales, Enmore at Newtown Bridge, where the road passes over the railway line at Newtown Station. Enmore Road and King Street together comprise 9.1 kilometres of over 600 shopfronts. The main shopping strip of Newtown is the longest and most complete commercial precinct of the late Victorian and Federation of Australia, Fed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th Battalion (Australia)
The 17th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Although its numerical designation was bestowed upon it during World War I, the 17th Battalion can trace its lineage back to 1860, when a unit of the New South Wales Volunteer Rifles was raised in St Leonards, New South Wales. This unit has since been disbanded and reformed a number times. Through its links with the units of the colonial New South Wales defence force, the battalion's history includes service in the Sudan and South Africa. During World War I, the 17th Battalion was raised for overseas service as part of the Australian Imperial Force. Attached to the 5th Brigade, 2nd Division, the battalion was raised in 1915 and sent to Egypt initially, before taking part in the fighting at Gallipoli against the Turks. Later the battalion was sent to the Western Front in France and Belgium, where it served in the trenches as part of the Australian Corps. Throughout the course of the war, the battalion wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
