Donald McLarty BARTLETT

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BARTLETT, Donald McLarty

Service Number:	1508
Enlisted:	10 December 1914, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Balranald, New South Wales, Australia, 11 April 1889
Home Town:	Balranald, Balranald, New South Wales
Schooling:	Convent School, Public School, Balranald, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Motor mechanic
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 25), Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Balranald War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

10 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1508, 6th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
19 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1508, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
19 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1508, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
6 Mar 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 6th Infantry Battalion, Albany WA (after a Cpl Hobbs deserted at Albany en-route to Egypt.
7 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1508, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
7 Aug 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 1508, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1508 awm_unit: 6th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-07
7 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1508, 6th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Cpl 1508 Donald McLarty Bartlett was killed in action on 7 August 1915 during the attack on German Officer's Trench. He was part of the first wave of 180 men, of whom only 30 returned.

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