Robert Arthur Edward Olds
Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Driver
Parents: Robert and Eliza Olds
Home address: 2 Gladstone Road, Kingswood, Bristol
Date of birth: 27/06/1920
Date of death: 09/06/1945
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand and commemorated on Kingswood Memorial
Age: 24
Further information:
Robert was the son of a butcher.
Robert served with the Royal Army Service Corps attached to 196 Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps. On the 15th February 1942 in the Fall of Singapore Robert was captured by the Japanese. He was held in Malai POW camp Singapore then transferred to 12 kilo POW camp in Thailand to work as a slave on the notorious Thai-Burma Railway. In June of 1945 just short of his 25th birthday, he reportedly died from hypertension. Robert was imprisoned for over 3 years, dying only 3 months before the end of hostilities.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/