BARTLETT, May
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 12 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 22 March 1885 |
| Home Town: | Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Natural causes, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 1971 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Bathurst District's Nurses and the Centenary of The Great War Memorial Plaque |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jun 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 22 Jul 1915: | Involvement Hospital Transport Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Jul 1915: | Embarked Hospital Transport Corps, HMAT Orsova, Fremantle | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Mooltan, Melbourne - disembarked Bombay, India 13 September 1916. | |
| 22 Aug 1918: | Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
| 12 Sep 1919: | Honoured Royal Red Cross (2nd Class), For valuable nursing services in India in connection with the war. | |
| 15 Oct 1919: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), SS Koenig Frederich August, Bombay for England. | |
| 9 Jan 1920: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), HT Megantic, Liverpool for return to Australia - arriving Fremantle 13 February 1920. | |
| 10 Mar 1920: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
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Born Bathurst, NSW
Daughter of R C BARTLETT
Of 228 Hammersley Road, Subiaco, WA
Trained at Perth Public Hospital, WA
Embarked 22 July 1915 per 'Kanowna' for hospital ship duty
Returned to Melbourne 08 April 1916 per "Kanowna'
Aged 30 years
Re-embarked 22 August 1916 per 'Mooltan' for British Indian Service
Served in Bombay
Returned to Australia per 'Megantic' 13 February 1920
Appointment terminated 10 March 1920
Awarded Royal Red Cross (2nd Class)
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 11 December 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2379, position 16
Date of London Gazette: 12 September 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 11463, position 2
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