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BARTLETT, Joseph Harry
Personal Details
| 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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 7 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Private, VX139767, In the field, Victoria | |
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| 7 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army 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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Add my storyBiography 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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