BARTLETT, Bertie Clarence
Service Number: | 4977 |
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Enlisted: | 17 January 1916 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, January 1893 |
Home Town: | Parkes, Parkes, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Public School, Parkes, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Gsw To Head, Belgium, 9 October 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Tyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XL, Row D, Grave No. 23), Passchendaele, Belgium, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Parkes & District Cenotaph, Parkes District Roll of Honor, Parkes Remembrance Walk |
World War 1 Service
17 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4977, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
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5 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 4977, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
5 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 4977, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney | |
3 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4977, 17th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, GSW back |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Ian Fletcher, Australia and New Zealand in WWI
Remembering the Bartlett brothers from Parkes, N.S.W. Australia.
4977 Private 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.