BARTLETT, Arthur
| Service Number: | 599 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kew Gardens, Surrey, England, August 1889 |
| Home Town: | Minmi, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bushman |
| Died: | Carlton, New South Wales, Australia, 18 August 1977, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 599, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 599, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 599, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 16 Jan 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 599, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, medically discharged, wounding (right arm amputated) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
The Minmi Roll of Honour has 79 names inscribed of those who returned home from The Great War.
The 2nd name inscribed is Private Arthur Bartlett, 2nd Battalion (Reg No-599), single bushman from Minmi, New South Wales and "Maldon", 7 Colvin Avenue, Carlton, N.S.W., who died on the 1st November 1977, age-87, laid to rest or cremated on the 5th November 1977, place unknown.
BARTLETT - Arthur, Death notice 01 NOV 1977, age 87, late of Carlton, Sydney Morning Herald 05 NOV 1977.
Born at Richmond, Surrey, England between 1889 and 1890 to Joshua and Martha Bartlett from 4 Elizabeth Cottages, Kew Gardens, Surrey, England, Arthur enlisted on the 27th August 1914, age 25 years, at Randwick, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board Transport A23 Suffolk on the 18th October 1914.
An Original Anzac.
Wounded in action - 25.4.1915 (GSW right arm, dangerously ill).
Admitted to the Bombay Presidency Hospital Unit at Alexandria, Egypt, 30.4.1915.
Amputation of right arm, no date.
Discharged from hospital 28.6.1915.
Invalided to Australia 3.7.1915.
Received all 3 War Medals.
Mr. Bartlett’s name has only been inscribed on the Minmi Roll of Honour.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance. (see photo_
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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