BARTLE, Sydney Tremayne
| Service Number: | 1204 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 29 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, 4 September 1897 |
| Home Town: | Hurlstone Park, Canterbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Canterbury & Dulwich Hills Schools, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 26 July 1916, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension Plot VII, Row A, Grave No. 3. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Sydney Tremayne BARTLE was born in Sydney, NSW in 1897
His parents were Thomas BARTLE & Margaret SWAIN
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His father noted on his roll of honour form, “Spent his 17th birthday in camp, 1914, and after training in Egypt landed at Gallipoli on that historic first day, and went through all the fighting without sickness or injury until the evacuation.”
His Military Medal is a rare award for Gallipoli and was awarded for his bravery during the heaviest fighting at Lone Pine.
“In the lonesome Pine trenches Gallipoli, 6th-10th August, 1915 this man showed great courage in throwing bombs, continually exposing himself though under heavy fire in a dead end from rifles, shrapnel and bombs. He further assisted in building a parapet and consolidating the position.”
The medal itself was not awarded until April 1917, well after Sydney Bartle died of wounds at Pozieres in 1916.
His older brother, Lieutenant Leonard Hamilton Bartle 19th Battalion AIF later died of wounds received at Passchendaele Ridge, Belgium, 1 November 1917.
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