BARTLE, Leonard Hamilton
| Service Number: | 5449 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 26 February 1893 |
| Home Town: | Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Petersham Convent School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Accountant / Staff Cadet, Royal Military College, Duntroon, Australia |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 1 November 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Etaples Military Cemetery Plot XXVIII, Row B, Grave No. 2. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5449, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5449, 19th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5449, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 1 Nov 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, 5449, 19th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5449 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-11-01 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Leonard was the son of Margaret and the late Thomas Bartle, of "Sans Souci," Duntroon St., Hurlstone Park, Sydney, New South Wales.
His younger brother 1204 Corporal Sydney Tremayne Bartle MM, 4th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Pozieres, France, 26 July 1916, aged 20.
Leonard was educated Paddington and Petersham Commercial School and prior to embarking Bartle studied at Duntroon Military College.
He was taken on strength of the 19th Battalion in France during February 1917, as a Private. He was quickly promoted to Second Lieutenant then Lieutenant.
He was badly wounded in the back at Passchendaele on 12 October 1917. An eye witness stated “At about 4.30 pm a party of about eight, including the Lieutenant and informant were sitting down waiting to get out of the trench when a shell came over, burst amongst the group, killing two soldiers named Mellings and Buckland, and wounding the Lieutenant and informant. The Lieutenant was hit in the back. He and informant were put in a pillbox for the night, and were speaking to each other as they were lying one alongside the other. After the first shock of the wound had passed, the Lieutenant was in good spirits. He was taken away next morning before informant, and they did not see each other again.”
The hospital that Lieutenant Bartle was sent to, at Etaples, wrote to the Red Cross and stated, “In reply to your letter of November 16th re Lieutenant Leonard Bartle, I beg to inform you that he was admitted with very serious gunshot wounds, with severe fracture of the spine. He lived three weeks and am glad to say he had no severe suffering and gradually sank and died quite peacefully. He is buried in the local military cemetery.”
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