Reginald BARTLEY

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Service Number:	1785
Enlisted:	12 January 1916, Inverell, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Howell, Guyra, New South Wales
Schooling:	State School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel 7 No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Howell Public School Roll of Honour, Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll, Inverell War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

12 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Inverell, New South Wales
4 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1785, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
4 Sep 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1785, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney

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33 Battalion

Rank - Private

29 October 1916 Disembarked Devonport, England,

20 December 1916Proceeded overseas to France;

21 December 1916 Marched in to 3rd Australian Division Base Depot, Etaples.

29 December 1916 - Etaples - Found guilty of producing a false pass: awarded forfeiture of 2 days' pay.

25 January 1917 Marched out to front;

26 January 1917 Taken on strength, 33rd Bn, in the field, .

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of Richard and Angelina Bartley. Brother of 1853 Lt Edward Charles BARTLEY MM, 12th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 12 July 1919