HARTNETT, John
| Service Number: | 17183 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 December 1915, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Bago, New South Wales, Australia, 26 February 1893 |
| Home Town: | Batlow, Tumut Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Bago Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Tramway clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Annandale War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Batlow War Memorial, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 17183, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 17183, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 17183, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 17183, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Bullecourt (Second) |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
John HARTNETT, (Service Number 17183) was born on 26th February 1893 at Bago. He commenced working for the NSW Tramways as a junior car cleaner in the Traffic Branch in 1912. He became a junior clerk in 1913 and a clerk on his 21st birthday. He was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 11 January 1916, the same day that he enlisted, giving his father as his next of kin.
Submitted 8 September 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
John HARTNETT (Service Number 17183) was born on 26th February 1893 at Bago. He commenced working for the NSW Tramways as a junior car cleaner in the Traffic Branch in 1912. He became a junior clerk in 1913 and a clerk on his 21st birthday. He was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 11th January 1916, the same day that he enlisted, giving his father as his next of kin.
He left Australia from Sydney onboard HMAT ‘Borda’ on 5th June 1916. When he reached Suez on 6th July he was immediately transferred to the isolation compound at Tel-el-Kebir as he was apparently suffering from an infectious disease. His ship had sailed through the Suez Canal. He re-joined it in Alexandria for passage to England where he was taken on the strength of the 117th Howitzer Battery of the 22nd Field Artillery Brigade at the end of October. In March 1917 he proceeded overseas to France where he transferred to the 105th Battery on 3rd Apri 1917l.
A month later he was killed in action. He was buried one mile NNW of Lagnicour. The site could not be located after the war and Hartnett has no known grave and is remembered on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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