Private Frederick Bartlett
Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: Frederick William Bartlett
Ancestor's date of birth: 13/12/1878
Ancestor's date of death: 17/02/1954
Cause of Death: Cancer
Service Number: 1490
Colony or State of enlistment: VIC, Place of Enlistment: Melbourne
Unit: 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: Detail not available
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Detail not provided
Murray Page: 298
Contingent: 5th Victorian Contingent
Ship: Orient, Argus, or City of Lincoln, Date of Sailing: 15/02/1901
Memorial details: VMR Memorial Melbourne
Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps
Personal Characteristics: On discharge was 167 cm tall, complexion fair, eyes grey, and hair fair. Was a Gardener.
Reasons to go and fight: To serve his country.
Details of service in war: March 1901 - March 1902 in east Transvaal and Natal frontier under Beatson then Pulteney, including defeat at Wilmansrust where 18 killed and 42 wounded (12 June 1901), and successful intervention at Onverwacht (4 January 1902); heaviest casualties of any Australian contingent, at Wilmansrust suffered the costliest defeat.
Service and life after the Boer War: Detail to follow.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Clare Ethel Hughes [Born 18/11/1908 ] formerly Bartlett, Subiaco WA
Relationship to Ancestor: Daughter
Name of Descendant: Pauline Diggins, Subiaco WA
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand Daughter
Name of Descendant: Jane Anne Diggins, Subiaco WA
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grand Daughter
Name of Descendant: Sarah Rachael Bardsley, Subiaco WA
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grand Daughter
Name of Descendant: Sadie Louise Holthouse, Subiaco WA
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grand Daughter
Name of Descendant: Justin William R Diggins, Jolmont WA
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grand Son
Name of Descendant: Sadie Diggins, Subiaco WA
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grand Daughter
Name of Descendant: Owen Hughes, Corowra NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
Name of Descendant: Sally Ann Hughes, Benalla VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grand Daughter
Name of Descendant: Jamie William Hughes, Brunswick VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grand Son
Name of Descendant: Harriett Holthouse, Subiaco WA
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grand Daughter
Name of Descendant: Mitchell David Steinberg, Subiaco WA
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grand Son
Name of Descendant: Jack Steven Bradsley, Subiaco WA
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Great Grand Son
Name of Descendant: Clare Grace Bradsley, Subiaco WA
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Great Grand Daughter
