Joseph Harry BARTLETT

BARTLETT, Joseph Harry

Service Number: VX139767
Enlisted: 7 April 1943, In the field, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born: Thornbury, Victoria, 30 June 1923
Home Town: Thornbury, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, New Guinea, 7 July 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
(CWGC) Official Commemoration - Grave Location: R. D. 2., Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

7 Apr 1943: Enlisted Private, VX139767, In the field, Victoria
7 Apr 1943: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX139767, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
7 Jul 1943: Involvement Private, VX139767, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by David Meagher

Joe was the son of Harry and Mary Ellen Bartlett, and was my mother's much-loved cousin. He was killed in action on 7 July 1943 during an attack on Japanese positions on Bobdubi Ridge, age 20. Official reports state that we was killed by a mortar round, along with another battalion member, but my mother related to me that the family were told by a battalion member that 'cousin Joe' had been killed by a sniper during this battle. His death devastated his family, and his mother never recovered from the shock.

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