BARTLETT, William Edward
| Service Number: | 1873 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stratford, Victoria, Australia, 15 August 1887 |
| Home Town: | Munro, Wellington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Kent, England, United Kingdom, 11 June 1917, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Fort Pitt Military Cemetery, Kent , England Memorial Reference: 1462., Fort Pitt Military Cemetery, Rochester, Medway, Kent, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1873, 57th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 1873, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 1873, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ajana, Melbourne | |
| 11 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 1873, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1873 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
His death registration in the Medway area of Kent states his age as 28
Deaths Jun 1917 Bartlett William E 28 Medway 2a 960
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Private William Edward Bartlett was badly wounded in action in France on 11 May 1917. He was evacuated to England five days later with shrapnel wounds to left hand, legs and right foot. He was admitted to Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham, Kent, England. The hospital report stated, all wounds badly infected, osteomyelitis of tibia – left hand. Thumb blown away, lacerated & very dirty stump. Head fracture of frontal bone.” William never recovered and died of his wounds about 3 weeks later, on 11 June 1917. Two younger brothers 3801 Private James Bartlett 52nd Battalion was killed in action on 3 September 1916 at Mouquet Farm, Pozieres and Private Allan Walter Bartlett, 23/1547, 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, died 10 August 1916 of appendicitis. Buried in Calais Southern Cemetery, France.
Another brother 1872 Private John Albert Fitzgerald Bartlett served with the 38th Battalion AIF and returned to Australia for ‘family reasons’, by order of the Defence Department, during October 1917.
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