BARTLETT, John Albert Fitzgerald
| Service Number: | 1872 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 12 February 1898 |
| Home Town: | Munro, Wellington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | 12 March 1936, aged 38 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 26 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1872, 57th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 1872, 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, 1872, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ajana, Melbourne | |
| 24 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1872, 38th Infantry Battalion, Discharged for family reasons, 3 brothers died. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
1872 Private John Albert Fitzgerald Bartlett (known as Bert), enlisted as soon as he turned 18 years of age. He served with the 38th Battalion AIF and returned to Australia for ‘family reasons’ during October 1917. In fact, by the time John was taken on strength of the 38th Battalion in France during September 1917, his three brothers had all died in the war, so he was sent home by order of the Department of Defence.
1872 Private John Albert Fitzgerald Bartlett (known as Bert), enlisted as soon as he turned 18 years of age. He served with the 38th Battalion AIF and returned to Australia for ‘family reasons’ during October 1917. In fact, by the time John was taken on strength of the 38th Battalion in France during September 1917, his three brothers had all died in the war, so he was sent home by order of the Department of Defence.
His brothers were 23/1547 Private Allan Walter Bartlett, 2nd Battalion Canterbury Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, died of illness 10 August 1916; 3801 Pte James Bartlett, 52nd Battalion AIF killed in action, 3 September 1916; 1873 Pte William Edward Bartlett, 57th Battalion AIF, died of wounds, 11 June 1917.
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