BARTLETT, George James Ford
| Service Number: | 4059 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 December 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stirling North, South Australia, 1 September 1889 |
| Home Town: | Stirling North, Port Augusta, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Stirling North Public School and Tarcoola Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Walancourt, France, 3 March 1917, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Warlencourt British Cemetery (Sp. Mem. 5) Memorial Cenotaph at Burra Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ceduna Merghiny Maltee & Waranda Pictorial Roll of Honor, Ceduna Murat Bay and District WW1 Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4059, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 9 Mar 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 4059, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' |
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| 9 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4059, 27th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4059, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 3 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4059, 27th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line |
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Born 1 September 1889 in Stirling North, South Australia
(SA Birth Record 1842 - 1906 Book: 444 Page: 152 District: Fro.)
He was knicknamed "Bullocky" - as he had done alot of bullock driving,
up Tarcoola way.
Father George James Ford BARTLETT and Mother Emily Emma (nee ELLIS)
living with his parents at Chillundie, Waranda Wells, West Coast, South Australia.
Previous Service: 78th Infantry
Described on enlisting as 26 years 3 months old; single; 5' 7 1/2" tall; 158 lbs;
dark complexion; hazel eyes; dark brown hair; Methodist
13/12/1915 Enlisted in Adelaide, South Australia
9/3/1916 Embarked from Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide, on board RMS Mongolia
as a Private with the 27th Infantry Battalion, 10th reinforcements
Last rank held - Gunner in Lewis Machine Guns B Company
3/3/1917 Killed by a shell (fragments to the head and body)
at Warlencourt on the Somme, France
He and another man were buried in a shell hole behind the trench he was killed in,
300 yards along Malt Trench, (3/4 mile in front of Warlencourt town), on the right
of the sunken road, as the battalion was being shelled very heavily
A little wooden cross was placed over his grave.
Later reinterned in:
Warlencourt British Cemetery
Warlencourt-Eaucourt, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Commemorated at his mother's grave in St Judes Cemetery, Brighton, South Australia.
Medals:
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 10/3/2015. Lest we forget.
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