Gordon Henry BARTILS

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Service Numbers:	W/816, VX54880
Enlisted:	26 August 1939
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Wycheproof, Victoria Australia, 23 January 1914
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Illness, Borneo, 21 June 1945, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 29 No known grave Roll of Honour Footscray, Victoria, Australia, Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Bendigo Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia, Wycheproof War Memorial, Wycheproof War Memorial

26 Aug 1939:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, W/816
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX54880
22 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Royal Park, Victoria, Australia
22 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX54880

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Australian Electrical &Mechanical Engineers, 2/10 Ordnance Workshop Company

Rank - Craftsman

Served in the RANR from 29 August 1939 until transferring to the Army

Son of Henry Samuel Richard and Violet May Bartils; husband of Johanna Bartils, of West Footscray, Victoria.