BARTLETT, Victor Leonard
| Service Numbers: | 1384, 411158, Q404 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Convalescent Depots |
| Born: | BRISBANE, QLD, 13 March 1899 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 6 January 1978, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 1384, 2nd Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 4 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 1384, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Sydney | |
| 4 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 1384, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Trooper, 1384, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, embarked Suez for Melbourne on board HT Argyllshire | |
| 14 Apr 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 1384, 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 411158, later Q404 (18/12/1940) | |
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| 18 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, Q404 | |
| 18 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Q404 | |
| 6 Dec 1943: | Involvement Staff Sergeant , Q404, also 411158 | |
| 6 Dec 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, Q404, Convalescent Depots |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Trooper Victor Leonard Bartlett (Service No:1384) enlisted in the AIF on 20 July 1915, and was attached to 2nd Light Horse Regiment on 4 October 1915 when he embarked with his Unit from Sydney for Suez on board HMAT A47 Mashobra. On 3 March 1916 Trooper Bartlett embarked from Suez for Melbourne on board HT Argyllshire, and was attached to 2nd Light Horse Regiment at Discharge on 14 April 1916 (Medically Unfit). From 1 October 1931 to 26 April 1938, Corporal Bartlett (Service No:411158) served in the Militia with 9/15 and 9/49 Battalions; and in WWII served in the ACMF as a Staff Sergeant (Service No:Q404) attached to 101 Convalescent Depot from 18 December 1940 to 6 December 1943. Father Stephen (Service No:38822) served in WWI, and younger brother Stephen (Service No:Q191708) served in WWII.
Vic was born in Brisbane, QLD in 1899, eldest of three children of Stephen (Steve) Henry Bartlett (b1875 in Brisbane, QLD) and Isabella (Belle) Mary Moffatt (b1872 in Brisbane, QLD). Steve and Belle married in 1897 in Brisbane, where they settled and raised their family and Steve was a Carpenter and then Master Tailor. Following his discharge from the AIF in WWI, Steve and Belle moved to Amiens via Stanthorpe (Pikedale Soldier Settlement) where Steve was a Farmer. By the mid 1920s the family had returned to Morningside in Brisbane - Steve worked as a Salesman and Belle as a Shop Assistant. Steve was active in his local community - as a member of the Brisbane Amateur Athletic Association, as a founding member of the Kianawa Cricket Club, the first Scout Master of the Morningside Company of Boy Scouts, a founding member of the Bulimba branch of the Australian Natives' Association, and he was a regular exhibitor (and ribbon winner) of ponies at the Brisbane Show.
Vic was working in Brisbane as a Labourer when he enlisted in the Army in 1915, and in 1919 was a Carpenter in Brisbane when he married Ruth Annie Norris (b1895 in Kent, England) - Ruth immigrated in 1911, arriving in Brisbane with her parents and siblings on board the Otway. Vic and Ruth settled in Brisbane, where they raised their family and Vic worked as a Carpenter and Painter. In the late 1930s the family moved to Sandgate and Vic worked as a Secretary, Clerk and Cost Accountant. In the late 1950s Vic and Ruth separated, and Vic worked at the Bulimba Hostel as a Yardman. Vic died in 1978 and Ruth in 1980.
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