LEST WE FORGET

Flight Lieutenant Claude Henry NEWBOLD

Service No: 251666
Born: 2 March 1893, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 4 Aircraft Depot, Boulder WA
Died: Illness, Boulder WA, 14 February 1945, Aged 51 Years
Buried: Karrakatta War Cemetery WA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Henry E. Newbold and Alice Newbold; husband of Muriel Ethel Newbold, of Toorak, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

After a very short illness, the Depot Adjutant F/Lt. C.H. NEWBOLD (251666) died today at Station Sick Quarters.

No. 4 Aircraft Depot Operations Record Book A50 Entry dated 14 February 1945

The late Adjutant was buried today at a Service ceremony in the War Graves Cemetery, KARRAKATTA, the Commanding Officer and a party of Officers of the Depot being in attendance.

No. 4 Aircraft Depot Operations Record Book A50 Entry dated 15 February 1945

References:

Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board (Perth) On-Line Records
National Archives of Australian On-Line Record A705, 166/29/205

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