BARTRAM, Reginald Percy
| Service Number: | 6955 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 August 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia, November 1880 |
| Home Town: | Moreland, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | St James' Grammar School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Compositor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Broodsiende, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll, Frankston Avenue of Honour Memorial, Frankston Great War Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6955, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6955, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6955, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 29 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 37th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6955, 37th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6955 awm_unit: 37th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
Detail from 8th Bn AIF Facebook site
6955 Private Reginald Percy Bartram, 8th Battalion.
Pte Reginald Bartram enlisted on 25 August 1916 at Richmond, Vic, and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Horotata with the 23rd Reinforcements on 23 November 1916. He was promoted to acting corporal at AIF Headquarters, London on 4 March 1917.
On 9 April 1917 he qualified first in the class at 8th Rifle Course, School of Musketry. In June 1917 he was taken on strength of 37th Battalion in France and appointed lance corporal.
In January 1917, Corporal (Cpl) Reginald Bartram requested that his sister be appointed as next of kin as his wife had been a resident of Mont Park Asylum for seven years.
Prior to leaving for overseas Corp Bartram had placed his two sons in the Melbourne Orphan Asylum.
He was killed in action in Belgium on 4 October 1917 aged 36 years.
Cpl Reginald Bartram was the eldest of four brothers who served in the First World War. The other brothers were 2126 Private (Pte) Cyril George Bartram, returned to Australia 27 July 1917 due to illness; 2682 Sergeant Raymond Everard Bartram, killed 7 June 1917 aged 23 years; 2304 Pte Arnold Roy Bartram, killed 13 May 1917 aged 21 years.
Submitted 16 May 2018 by Evan Evans
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