S12853
BARTLETT, John Vernon
| Service Number: | 2584 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Eastwood, SA, 5 August 1893 |
| Home Town: | Parkside, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | North Adelaide, SA, 26 March 1950, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mitcham Cemetery, S.A. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Elder Smith & Co Limited WW1 Honour Board, Parkside Public School Roll of Honor, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 2584, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2584, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2584, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
Meritorious Service Medal
Service Number: 2584A
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Unit: GHQ 3rd Ech
Service: Army
Conflict / Operation: First World War, 1914-1918
Award: Meritorious Service Medal
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 3 June 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 941, position 87
Date of London Gazette: 18 January 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 1020, position 13
Submitted 26 January 2016 by Faithe Jones
Worked for Blinded Soldiers
The Advertiser Monday 27 March 1950 page 3
DEATH OF MR. J. V. BARTLETT
Work For Blinded Soldiers
Mr. Jonn Vernon Bartlett, 56, who was awarded the OBE in 1948 for his work in aiding blinded soldiers from both world wars, died at his home in Newark road, Torrens Park, yesterday. By compiling, illustrating and publishing in his spare time a series of booklets of hints to farmers, Mr. Bartlett raised about £40,000 to provide homes for all blinded ex-servicemen in SA. In addition he gave one book to NSW, where its sale raised a further £10,000. For the past 20 years he had accompanied a blinded soldier to sporting fixtures and to RSL meetings. Mr. Bartlett, who won the Meritorious Service Medal while serving with the 10th Battalion of the first AIF, was manager of the country merchandising department of Elder. Smith and Co.
A former Sturt cricketer, he was one of three brothers who set a record in the 1929-30 season by playing simultaneously for the A grade side. In latter years, Mr. Bartlett was captain of the Mitcham sub-branch electric light cricket team, which he twice led to the premiership. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, and a son, Mr.D. Bartlett, who was the B grade Magarey medallist and captain-coach of the Sturt B team last season, and a member of the Sturt team which won this year's premiership in the Adelaide Turf Cricket Association.
Submitted 26 January 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography
Son of John Henry BARTLETT and Alice Louisa nee HEWETT
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