George Casbolt · In memoriam
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George Casbolt
1912 – 1941 · 29 years
VX12761 Posting on Death: 2/5th AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, he was presumed dead in Crete. Description Vic. Paybook photograph of VX12761 Private George Casbolt, 2/5th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Private Casbolt, aged 29, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 1 June 1941. He was the son of George and Alice Casbolt. He is commemorated on the Athens Memorial Face 11. (Photograph supplied by the Army's Soldier Career Management Agency. He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Heidelberg Vic, also his name is located at panel 31 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial. Son of George and Alice Casbolt. Father George Casbolt (1881-1948) Mother Alice White (1886-1950)
