BARTLETT, Owen John Thomas
| Service Number: | 834 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, November 1890 |
| Home Town: | Parkes, Parkes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Mount Costijan State School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Agricultural Machine Expert |
| Died: | GSW to buttock, 59th General Hospital, Rouen, France, 15 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery Plot IV, Row E, Grave No. 46 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Parkes & District Cenotaph, Parkes District Roll of Honor, Parkes Remembrance Walk |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 834, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 834, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 834, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 10 Jun 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 834, 17th Infantry Battalion, SW buttocks | |
| 25 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 834, 17th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, GSW to buttock, left of Polygon Wood during attack. DoW | |
| 15 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 834, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 834 awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-15 |
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Ian Fletcher, Australia and New Zealand in WWI
Remembering the Bartlett brothers from Parkes, N.S.W. Australia.
834 L/Cpl Owen Bartlett, 17th Battalion A.I.F.
Owen was first wounded in June 1916 and was wounded again while alongside his brother at Passchendaele on the 9th October 1917, Owen was evacuated back to the 59th General Hospital at St Omer were he died of his wounds six days later, he now rests in Longuenese (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery.
Also
4977 Pte Bertie (Bluey) Bartlett, 17th Bn A.I.F.
Bertie had been wounded in the Layton Alley Bombing attack in March 1917 and was later to be killed in action on the 9th October 1917 at Passchendaele, he now rests in Tyne Cot Cemetery.
17th Battalion Not Forgotten
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