Edwin Bartlett

Forenames

Edwin AWMM

Surname

Bartlett AWMM

Also known as

Ted AWMM

Service number

South African 6721 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Isabella Bartlett (wife), Argyle Street, Hawera, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 21 Oct 1899 AWMM Married AWMM

War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

South African 6721 AWMM

Military service

Bartlett served as a lieutenant in the Hawera Mounted Rifles, NZ Volunteers. AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
  DSO: London Gazette, 31 October 1902. Citation: "In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa." AWMM
• Queen's South Africa Medal AWMM
  Queen's SA Medal: Awarded for participation in the Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, and Diamond Hill. AWMM
• King's South Africa Medal (South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 clasps) AWMM
  King's SA Medal: Awarded for service in South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902. (Roll states not enlisted but medal not recovered.) AWMM
• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal with oak leaf AWMM

Enlistment

South Africa 06 Oct 1899 AWMM Coach builder/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• South Africa Vessel was Waiwera AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1st Contingent, 1 Company AWMM
• WW1 South African Overseas Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Died from Natural Causes, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

South Africa 1 Dec 1902 AWMM Major/Military AWMM

Death

27 May 1943 AWMM
Age  76 AWMM

Cause of death

Died from Natural Causes AWMM

Related objects

External links

New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
Further Reference

References

• St Clair Inglis, A. (c1902). Souvenir Album of the first New Zealand Contingent South African War. Auckland, N.Z.: Arthur Cleave & Co.
• Stowers, R. (1992). Kiwi versus Boer : the First New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.