Regimental number | 2698 |
Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales |
Religion | Congregational |
Occupation | Plumber |
Address | Same as next of kin |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 5' 9" |
Weight | 154 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Jane Bartlett, 398 Church Street, Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales. |
Previous military service | Served for 3.5 years in the 20th Bn, and 6th Field Company Engineers, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Sydney, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | 7th Field Company Engineers |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 14/26/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Army Troop Engineers |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarked Sydney, 30 November1915. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 14 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 19 March 1916. Wounded in action, 31 July 1916 (shell shock), and admitted to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to 2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, Outream, 2 August 1916; to England, 4 August 1916, and admitted to Shorncliffe Military Hospital, Kent, 5 August 1916, and transferred same day to Beachboro Park Hospital. Transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 27 October 1916; discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 31 October 1916. Proceeded on furlough, 4 November 1916, to report to No 4 Command Depot, Wareham, 20 November 1916. Found guilty, 28 March 1917, of neglecting to obey orders re train travelling: awarded 3 days' Field Punishment No 2. Taken on strength, 16th Company, Engineers, 7 April 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 17 November 1917. Attached to 4th Army Rest Camp, 26 July 1918. Rejoined 1st Army Troop Engineers, in the field, 7 August 1918. Detached to CRS Corps Troops, in the field, 5 September 1918; rejoined unit from detachment, 5 September 1918. Detached to Corps Cooking School, in the field, 1 November 1918; rejoined unit from detachment, 20 November 1918. On leave to United Kingdom, 24 November 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 13 December 1918. Marched out to England for return to Australia, 5 February 1919. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Wyeema', 13 April 1919; disembarked Sydney, 3 June 1919; discharged, Sydney, 26 July 1919. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 61 |
Place of burial | Capertee General Cemetery, New South Wales |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BARTLETT Cyril |