Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Date of Enlistment
- 07/06/1940
- Date of Discharge
- 08/09/1945
- Place of Enlistment
- Paddington NSW
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 21/09/1902
- Place of Birth
- Corowa NSW
- Address (at enlistment)
- Bougainville Street, Griffith ACT
- Occupation
- Trimmer
- Next of Kin
- Ethel Bartlett (wife), Bougainville Street, Griffith ACT
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- NX29168
- Final Rank
- Private
- Final Unit
- HQ Guard Battalion
Notes
Bartlett arrived in Canberra in the late 1920s and worked for the Department of the Interior before enlisting in June 1940. He sailed for the Middle East at the end of August 1940 and served with a headquarters guard battalion in Libya, Greece and Crete where he became a prisoner of war when the Germans captured the island. He later wrote to friends in Canberra saying he was a POW in Germany. He died on 16 September 1982 and is buried in the ex-services portion of Gungahlin Cemetery.
The AWM collections record is a letter, dated 20 June 1943, from Alex Llewellyn from Stalag VIIIB in Germany in which he refers to Bartlett.
Sources
WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php
Canberra Public Cemeteries http://www.canberracemeteries.com.au/cem_gravesearch.asp
AWM Collections Record : PR90/112
The Canberra Times - 27 January 1941, 15 July 1941, 15 October 1941, 12 November 1941, 29 May 1945, 31 December 1945