Johann Gottold (John) BARTSCH DCM

Badge Number: 1301, Sub Branch: Barmera
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BARTSCH, Johann Gottold

Service Number: 2111
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Second Lieutenant
Last Unit: 27th Infantry Battalion
Born: Truro, South Australia, 11 May 1891
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Adelaide, South Australia, 18 September 1962, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Barmera (Upper Murray) Garden of Memory Cemetery
Section E; Row C; Plot 7
Memorials: Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, S.A.R. Engineering Branch Midland System Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

23 Aug 1915: Involvement Private, 2111, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
23 Aug 1915: Embarked Private, 2111, 27th Infantry Battalion, RMS Morea, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Second Lieutenant, 27th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown: Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal

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Biography

Father: August Heinrich BARTSCH & Mother Annie Marie WEBER.
SA Birth Records 1842 - 1906 Book: 477 Page: 356 District: Ang.
 
Previous service in 76th Infantry
Enlisted at 24yrs, labourer, single, Methodist, lived with parents at 77 George St, Thebarton.

1/6/1915    Enlisted as Private in 7th Inf Brig, 27th Inf Btn, 3rd Reinf

23/8/1915  Embarked from Pt Adel onboard RMS Morea

 

Last lived in Adelaide, South Australia.

Sourced and submitted by Juilanne T Ryan. January 2016.  Lest we forget.

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