BARTLEY, John Wallace
| Service Number: | 4949 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 December 1917, Place of enlistment - Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia. Service Record also show subscribed at Bombala, New South Wales on 21st June 1917. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Delegate, New South Wales, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 1978, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Bombala Roll of Honour, Bombala War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Dec 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4949, Place of enlistment - Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia. Service Record also show subscribed at Bombala, New South Wales on 21st June 1917. | |
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| 19 Dec 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4949, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Embarked on HMAT Ulysses (A38) from Sydney 0n 19th December 1917, disembarking at Suez, Egypt on 16th January 1918. In February 1918 embarked from Port Said to Italy, then Cherbourg France then Southampton England, | |
| 10 Mar 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4949, Admitted to hospital with tonsillitis on 10th March 1918, discharged on 19th May 1918. | |
| 22 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4949, Admitted to hospital with chronic gastritis on 22nd September 1918, was admitted to various hospitals before being discharged on 16th July 1919. | |
| 2 Oct 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4949, Returned to Australia on Port Sydney on 2nd October 1919, disembarking Melbourne on 12th November 1919 | |
| 12 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4949 |
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Before the War
John Wallace Bartley was born in Delegate in 1898, the son of Joseph and Mary Ann Bartley. After completing his schooling, he was employed as a labourer on a dairy farm. During his youth, his family moved between Bombala and Delegate up until his enlistment at which stage they wer living in Delegate.
After the War
John Bartley returned to Australia after finally becoming well enough to be discharged from hospital on 22nd September 1919, exactly one year after being admitted with chronic gastritis. On his return to Australia, John was hired as a farmer for a minimum period of six months. He married Neta Jane O'Reilly in 1923 at Queanbeyan. John passed away in 1978.