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.

He also played two minor matches on tour against Northern New South Wales in Newcastle, and Queensland Rugby Union Converts in Brisbane.

By the time the attack was ready to be launched, its purpose as a preliminary diversion to the main action at the Somme had passed, yet Haking and his army commander, General Sir Charles Monro, were keen to go ahead.

Research by an Australian amateur historian, Lambis Englezos, had identified a site in a field at the edge of Bois Faisan on the outskirts of Fromelles.

After extensive archaeological surveys the mass grave was confirmed and remains were exhumed and tested against DNA samples of living relatives of the deceased soldiers.