BARTLAM, Albert Youl
| Service Number: | 233 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 January 1915, Townsville, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 11th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 12 November 1891 |
| Home Town: | Townsville, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | Peterborough, Victoria, Australia, 5 February 1960, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Port Campbell Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | City of Townsville WW1 Honour Roll, Townsville Grammar School WWI Honour Board, Winton & District Roll of Honour WW1, Winton Waltzing Matilda Centre Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 233, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Townsville, Qld. | |
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| 2 Jun 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 233, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Jun 1915: | Embarked Sergeant, 233, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Borda, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of W B Bartlam, Messrs. Bartlams Ltd., Townsville, Queensland
Husband of Lena Ethel BARTLAM nee De LITTLE
Lt Albert Youl Bartlam (11th Light Horse Regiment) His family property was Sesbania (between Hughenden and Winton), and he rode 370 miles from Corfield to Townsville in order to enlist on 22nd January 1915 in one of the ‘snowball marches’. Youl served with the 11th Light Horse Regiment in the First World War as Lt AY Bartlam, and was seriously wounded (gunshot wound to the head and arm) on 25th September 1918.
The battle on the 25th September 1918 was between Australian light horsemen and a mixed force of Turks and Germans and the story is recorded. Total casualties for the day were three officers killed, and four wounded, eleven O/Ranks killed, two subsequently died of wounds, and 24 wounded.
“Semakh was the scene of a short action between Australian light horsemen and a mixed force of Turks and Germans. Located at the southern end of Lake Tiberias (the Sea of Galilee), Semakh was significant due to its position on the Damascus railway line. The Germans had added machine-gunners to the small Turkish garrison and command was entrusted to a German officer. The 4th Light Horse Brigade, under Brigadier General William Grant, was sent to capture Semakh. As they approached the south of Semakh just before dawn on 25 September, the forward troops were heavily fired upon. The Australian troops charged the town, with two squadrons of the 11th Light Horse Regiment attacking the eastern end of Semakh and two squadrons of the 12th Light Horse attacking the western end. The town was captured by 5.30 am and 365 prisoners taken - half of them German. It is probable that Youl’s encounter with a trench full of Turkish troops and the loss of the rest of his platoon to machine-gun fire, was at this action at Semakh. By 5:30am Semakh had been taken, in total, the Australians suffered 78 casualties, and nearly half their horses had been hit [when Youl was wounded, his horse was killed, and fell on top of him, he was not discovered for some hours].” Youl was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 5 June 1919), and returned to Australia on 23rd December 1918 to his family property.
Courtesy of James Affleck
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