HARTLEY, William John
| Service Number: | 1970 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney New South Wales, Australia, 30 December 1876 |
| Home Town: | Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tram conductor |
| Died: | Hamilton South, New South Wales, Australia, 24 July 1938, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) B NE. 70. |
| Memorials: | Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll, Hamilton Newcastle District Tramways Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1970, 1st Pioneer Battalion | |
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| 14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1970, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1970, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 9 May 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1970, 1st Pioneer Battalion, 2nd MD illness - medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served in The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
82 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 25th July 1938, Private William John Hartley, 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion, tram conductor and driver, from Brunker Road, Adamstown, New South Wales and 75 Turnbull Street, Hamilton South, N.S.W., father of three, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 61. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) B NE. 70.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133138992
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133140412 - funeral notice does not state service.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133148315 - obituary states served Boer War.
Born at Sydney, New South Wales on the 30thDecember 1876 to William John and Julia Hartley nee Guilfoyle; husband of Caroline May Hartley nee Smith (married 1902, Newcastle, N.S.W., died 1969, also sleeping here), William enlisted September 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 4.7.1916 (chronic osteoarthritis), William returned home April 1917, and was discharged medically unfit 9th May 1917.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133755854
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138739183
Mr Hartley’s name has been inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial, Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll (photo, unveiled on the 31st October 1915 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134867979), Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor, Newcastle District Tramway Employees Roll of Honor, Adamstown Masonic Lodge, Star in the West (No. 189) Roll of Honour, Newcastle Central Methodist Mission Roll of Honor and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
William had been resting in an unmarked grave, now long forgotten, so April 2016 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/search-our-virtual-records/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=33840#grave-photo-1
An application for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque to be placed at the gravesite submitted February 2020, and was accepted March 2020.
I will post a photo of grave commemoration when completed.
Lest We Forget.
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