LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Herbert Arthur BARTLEY
Service No: 57438
Born: Footscray VIC, 19 March 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 9 June 1942
Unit: No. 6 Airfield Construction Squadron, Kiriwina PNG
Died: Illness, Lae PNG, 16 March 1944, Aged 29 Years
Buried: Lae War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Samuel Trenwith Bartley and Ellen Bartley, of West Footscray, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Footscray VIC
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 14 March 1944, Leading Aircraftman Bartley, a General Hand, was admitted to Sick Quarters suffering from cerebral malaria. He was transferred to No. 23 Medical Clearing Station, Lae, and died on 16 March 1944.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/5/460