BARTLETT, Leonard Mondrook
| Service Number: | NX32757 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 June 1940, Paddington |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mondrook, New South Wales, Australia, 8 November 1909 |
| Home Town: | Lansdowne, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Upper Lansdowne School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Missing in action, Singapore, 10 February 1942, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Singapore Memorial, Singapore |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lance Corporal, NX32757 | |
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| 18 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), NX32757, 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion, Paddington | |
| 18 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, NX32757, 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Feb 1942: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, NX32757, 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Leonard Mondrook BARTLETT was born on 8th March, 1908 in Mondrook via Taree, NSW
His parents were Edwad Claude BARTLETT & Alice Jane ROSE who married in NSW in 1887
He married Catherine Nellie MURDOCH in Sydney in 1940
Leonard was missing presumed dead in Singapore on 10th February, 1942 - no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Kranji War Memorial in Singapore
Biography contributed by Lynette Bartlett
My grandfather Leonard Mondrook Bartlett only had one child with Catherine Murdoch - Leonard Thomas Bartlett who was born in September 1941 and died in 2011. He never saw his son as he was missing in action presumed killed in the February the following year.
Leonard Mondrook Bartlett came from a very large family and was 1 of 12 children born to Edward Bartlett and Alice Jane Rose. Leonard lived with his eldest brother Edward after their mother died in 1932 and was a farmer/labourer. The Bartletts were farmers, timber getters and gold miners and were a long standing family in the area.
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