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Carl Frederick William Bartsch joined the war as a member of the 10th Battalion. Carl Frederick William Bartsch was a lance corporal in the 10th battalion in World War 1. In Carl Frederick William Bartsch’s time in war, he took a number of months of sick leave; these sorts of sicknesses included trench foot, influenza, malaria and many other sicknesses. Carl Frederick William Bartsch was a solid member of the 10th battalion who rose from a private to a Lance Corporal. He was very respected by his peers, as was described in the historical documents. He struggled with bouts of sickness and was hospitalised many times but always returned to fight for his country and his battalion.

Carl Frederick William Bartsch was born in Eudunda. Eudunda is a rural Town located 103 km Northeast of Adelaide. He grew up in Eudunda but was schooled in Adelaide. He worked as a farmer before his time in the War. He had not been part of any type of Military service. Carl Frederick William Bartsch was brought up as an only child. The name of his mother was Rose Emily Bartsch.

Carl Frederick Bartsch’s enlistment into the War
Carl Frederick enlisted to join the world war 1 on the 17th February 1914. He enlisted In the City Of Adelaide. Carl Frederick William Bartsch embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board the HMAT A60 Aeneas on 11 April 1916. This ship was crafted in 1910. Carl fought in many other minor Battles. Carl was part of the 10th Infantry Battalion. This team trained in Egypt before they fought in Gallipoli. They wore a blue and purple patch on their Uniform.

Battles
-Carl Frederick Bartsch fought in an number of Battles. These Battles Included -
-Battle of pozieres 23/7/16 – 7/8/16
-German spring offensive 1/3/18 – 21/5/18
-The battle of Amiens 8/8/18 – 11/8/18

 Sicknesses in war

In Carl Frederick Bartsch’s time in War, he was troubled with many bouts of sickness. These sickness’s were Trench Foot, Influenza, Malaria and many other sicknesses. He fell sick on 20th October 1916, he was sick with Malaria. Malaria was a very common but deadly virus that killed many people in the World War. He returned on the 18th November 1916, Carl had fell sick for nearly a month but returned and was well. Not long after Carl had gone through this terrible sickness he had fallen sick from Influenza on the 30th November 1916. Influenzas was a horrible sickness In the World war and was hard to get rid of.
He did not return to the war until the 23rd December 1916, this was nearly 2 months out of the field. Almost a year later, Carl fell sick at the Camp. He fell ill on the 30th October 1917. He returned later that day and felt much better. A while later, Carl was wounded in France. This was part of the battle of Amiens. He received a shrapnel wound to his right foot on the 19th September 1918, which caused him to sit out the rest of the war.

After the War
After the War, Carl Frederick Bartsch got married to a woman named, Mary Bartsch. He had 3 children. He worked at a small Bakery back at home in Eudunda. He returned back to his home town Eudunda in 1931. He died at the age of 76 (1968). He died of natural causes. He was respected greatly in his Home Town. When he died (1968) he was buried in Happy Valley cemetery, Port Lincoln. Carl Frederick Bartsch was remembered by his family and community. He will always be remembered.

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Carl Frederick William Bartsch was born on 8th of April 1892 in Eudunda, SA. His parents were A Matilda Bartsch and John William Bartsch and he had a brother in his battalion called Theodor Bernhard Bartsch. Carl was a labourer, and as his father was a farmer and his brother was a farm labourer, it is likely he was a farm labourer as well. He grew up in Eudunda and lived there until he enlisted for World War 1.

 He enlisted on the 22nd of January 1916 at Adelaide as a private with no previous military experience and was assigned to the 2nd Depot Battalion. On the 16th of February 1916 he went to Mitcham Army Camp to start training and he left Adelaide on the HMAT A60 Aeneas on the 11th of April 1916.

On the 31st of July, he was admitted to a hospital for 10 days with an infection, and two days after he left hospital, he disobeyed orders and was outside of his camp without a regular pass, so he confined to his camp for a day. On the 5th of September, his Battalion left to go overseas to France. Once in France, he was transferred to the 10th Battalion on the 19th of September.

While in France he was sent to hospital for being sick numerous times. In St. Omer, he was sent to a hospital in Arques on the 20th of October. He was diagnosed with inflammation of his lymph glands and left hospital on the 18th of November. The second time was on the 30th of November, when he had bronchitis and conjunctivitis, and re-joined the battalion on the 9th of December.  On the 19th of May 1917, he was promoted from a private to a lance corporal. Up until then, he hadn’t received the letters that his parents had sent him and about a month later his parents sent a complaint about this. It is unknown whether he ended up receiving their letters.

He had to go to hospital for dental work on the 25th of October 1917 until the 30th of October later went on leave on the 14th of November. On the 29th of November, he was granted an extension of leave until December the 1st but went to hospital for 75 days in Havre on the 4th. On the 19th of September 1918, he was wounded in his right foot from a bullet or shrapnel and admitted to a hospital in Abbeville. On the 22nd he was transferred to Norfolk, England and on the 20th of December, he was moved from Norfolk to Harefield and then to Sutton Veny with the H01 Company Depot on the 4th of January. On the 1st of March 1919, he was attached to the Perm Codex and promoted to lance corporal (vice Baines) in Tidworth and later promoted to an extra regimental corporal on the 1st of May 1919.

In Warminster, he married Rose Emily Garsby, a 25-year-old widow from Sutton Veny, when he was 26 on the 16th of July 1919. He returned to Australia on the 23rd of December and was discharged from the army on the 2nd of April 1920. He received three medals, a British War Medal, a Victory Medal and a Star which were all awarded to men who served in World War 1. He died on the 27th of July 1968 when he was 76 and is buried at the Port Lincoln RSL Cemetery with the inscription ‘Always remembered by the family’.

 Carl Frederick William Bartsch showed the ANZAC spirit by enlisting to fight in the war and continuing to fight. As he enlisted about halfway through the war, he probably would’ve known how bad it could be, but was brave enough to enlist to fight for his country anyway. The conditions on the Western Front would’ve also been horrible. He also showed perseverance by fighting even after being sick and receiving an injury. Switching units multiple times, he would’ve seen many people he knew die, but he continued to fight until the end of the war and survived. From all of this, he showed courage, strength and perseverance. Three key qualities that are part of the ANZAC spirit.