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Jack BARTLETT

Regimental number881
Place of birthArmidale, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPlasterer
AddressBusselton PO, Busselton, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 5.75"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs E J Bartlett, Busselton PO, Busselton, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll7 July 1915
Place of enlistmentPerth, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT Katuna on 24 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 7 July 1915. Taken on strength, 32nd Bn, 21 September 1915.
FateKilled in Action 20 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFromelles, France
Date of death20 July 1916
Age at death24
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 4), Australian Cemetery, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
119
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, 18 December 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Found guilty, 7 July 1916, of being absent without leave, 2100 to 2120, 7 July: awarded 28 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Wounded in action, 19 July 1916; now, 20 July 1916, reported as missing.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 12 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'killed in action, 20 July 1916'.

Note on Red Cross File No 260605: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills 10-10-19.'

Statement by 1051 Pte T. SKEHAM, 32nd Bn (patient, Crothers Hospital, Southborough, Kent, England), 2 January 1917: 'Informant states that on July 19th about 6 p.m. at Fleurbaix, he saw Bartlett killed. They had just gone over the top, when he staggered against him, and must have been dead before he fell. His body was the closest to our lines, and when he got back about two hours later, his body was still lying there. Informant himself got to the German lines, and saw the body when returning with a message. It lay so near the parapet that he thinks part of it must have fallen on and covered up the body.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BARTLETT Jack
Red Cross file 260605

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