BARTROP, Harold
| Service Number: | 6283 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 13th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bricklayer |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 3 March 1979, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Mar 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 6283, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Mar 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 6283, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Armadale, Sydney | |
| 17 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 6283, 13th Field Company Engineers | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Polygon Wood |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Harold was one of three sons of Herbert Bartrop, of Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales who served during WW1.
Harold’s older brother, 2110 Private Henry Herbert Bartrop 3rd Battalion AIF was killed in action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli on 7 August 1915.
Harold was awarded a Military Medal for bravery in the field, “Near Zonnebeke on 26th September, 1917, for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the operations. This man formed one of a taping party and made several trips carrying Engineer Stores over very bad ground and under heavy shell and machine gun fire, with apparently an utter disregard for ll dangers, thus setting a splendid example and enabling the track to be quickly laid. On completion of his work, he assisted to carry out wounded from the front line when there was a scarcity of stretcher bearers, and finally when a stretcher was not available, he carried out a wounded man on his back for a considerable distance to the advanced dressing station, although he was sniped intermittently on the way.”