Reginald BARTLEY

BARTLEY, Reginald

Service Number: 1785
Enlisted: 12 January 1916, Inverell, New South Wales
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 33rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town: Howell, Guyra, New South Wales
Schooling: State School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Farm Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel 7 No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Howell Public School Roll of Honour, Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll, Inverell War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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World War 1 Service

12 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Inverell, New South Wales
4 Sep 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1785, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
4 Sep 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1785, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney

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Biography

33 Battalion

Rank - Private

29 October 1916 Disembarked Devonport, England,

20 December 1916Proceeded overseas to France;

21 December 1916 Marched in to 3rd Australian Division Base Depot, Etaples.

29 December 1916 - Etaples -  Found guilty of producing a false pass: awarded forfeiture of 2 days' pay.

25 January 1917 Marched out to front;

26 January 1917 Taken on strength, 33rd Bn, in the field, .

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of Richard and Angelina Bartley. Brother of 1853 Lt Edward Charles BARTLEY MM, 12th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 12 July 1919

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