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Arnold Ray BARTRAM

Regimental number2304
Place of birthRichmond, Victoria
SchoolYarra Park State School, Victoria
ReligionCongregational
OccupationLabourer
Address9 Hull Street, Richmond, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, George Andrew Bartram, 9 Hull Street, Richmond, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed as a Private, Yarra Borderers, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date6 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name58th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/75/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 1 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll60th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)


Commended for action on 12 May 1917 but no recommendation made.

FateDied of wounds 13 May 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Date of death13 May 1917
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialGrevillers British Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 2), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
169
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George Andrew and Isabella BARTRAM, 'Clare', Gould Street, Frankston, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 6955 Lance Corporal Reginald Percy BARTRAM, 37th Bn, killed in action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 4 October 1917; 2682 Sergeant Raymond Everard BARTRAM, 46th Bn, killed in action, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917; 2126 Cyril George BARTRAM, 58th Bn, returned to Australia; Cousins: 1 killed in action; 1 died of illness.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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