Lance Sergeant Eric Clyde Roselt, a Prisoner of War in Burma, sacrificed his life in service to his country.
His name is now being further honoured through the Streets of Remembrance program.
The Bundaberg Regional Council initiative recognises the service of veterans with a connection to the region by adding the badge of the military force in which they served to the street sign of streets named in their honour.
Roselt Street, Svensson Heights was named on 22 November 1951 in honour of Lance Sergeant Roselt and more recently, it was adorned with the Rising Sun badge.
Lance Sergeant Roselt enlisted on 13 September 1940 at Maryborough and served in the 2/26th Australian Infantry Battalion.
He died as a prisoner of War in Burma on 10 November 1943.
Lance Sergeant Roselt was an Assurance Agent prior to enlistment and resided in Bundaberg with his wife Mrs Annie Roselt.
His name can be found on the Bundaberg Civic Centre Citizen’s Memorial Portico, listing those who gave their lives in the Second World War, Korea and Malaya.
The large bronze plaque is mounted on the outside wall of the Civic Centre driveway with associated honour boards located undercover at the entrance to the Civic Centre.
Lance Sergeant Roselt is also honoured in the Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, along with more than 36,000 Australian men and women were held captive as prisoners by the enemy during the Boer War, World War I, World War II and the Korean War.
Information about Lance Sergeant Roselt’s life and service is from the Virtual War Memorial Australia and the Australian War Memorial.
Streets of Remembrance program
More information about Bundaberg Regional Council’s Streets of Remembrance program and how to nominate a street or service person is available here.
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I recently passed to the Mayor details on Captain John Luther, KIA WW1. Perhaps this might be where Luther Street comes from. It seems that there is no descendants of Dr. Luther remaining here. His will was finalized and his wife then went south to the children. One of the assets he had was the allotment that was once the original bush cemetery of Bundaberg at the location of Maryborough and Woongarra Street, verified by the land title deed that was located.